Country size comparison
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El Salvador is about 12 times smaller than Michigan.
Michigan is approximately 250,493 sq km, while El Salvador is approximately 21,041 sq km, making El Salvador 8.4% the size of Michigan. Meanwhile, the population of Michigan is ~9.9 million people (3.3 million fewer people live in El Salvador).
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