Country size comparison

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Belgium is about 7 times smaller than Minnesota.

Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, while Belgium is approximately 30,528 sq km, making Belgium 14.81% the size of Minnesota. Meanwhile, the population of Minnesota is ~5.3 million people (6.5 million more people live in Belgium).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Minnesota vs. Belgium uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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