Country size comparison

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Iceland is around the same size as Kentucky.

Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, while Iceland is approximately 103,000 sq km, making Iceland 0% larger than Kentucky. Meanwhile, the population of Kentucky is ~4.3 million people (4.0 million fewer people live in Iceland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Kentucky vs. Iceland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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