Country size comparison

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France is about 2.7 times bigger than Minnesota.

Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, while France is approximately 551,500 sq km, making France 167% larger than Minnesota. Meanwhile, the population of Minnesota is ~5.3 million people (63.0 million more people live in France).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Minnesota vs. France uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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