Country size comparison
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United States is about 84 times bigger than Eritrea.
Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, while United States is approximately 9,833,517 sq km, making United States 8,262% larger than Eritrea. Meanwhile, the population of Eritrea is ~6.2 million people (331.1 million more people live in United States).
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