Cabo Verde is about 5 times smaller than Massachusetts.

Massachusetts is approximately 20,306 sq km, while Cabo Verde is approximately 4,033 sq km, making Cabo Verde 19.86% the size of Massachusetts. Meanwhile, the population of Massachusetts is ~6.5 million people (6.0 million fewer people live in Cabo Verde).
This to-scale comparison of Massachusetts vs. Cabo Verde uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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