Country size comparison
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El Salvador is about 5 times smaller than Louisiana.
Louisiana is approximately 112,825 sq km, while El Salvador is approximately 21,041 sq km, making El Salvador 18.65% the size of Louisiana. Meanwhile, the population of Louisiana is ~4.5 million people (2.0 million more people live in El Salvador).
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