Country size comparison
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Iceland is about 5 times bigger than Massachusetts.
Massachusetts is approximately 20,306 sq km, while Iceland is approximately 103,000 sq km, making Iceland 407% larger than Massachusetts. Meanwhile, the population of Massachusetts is ~7.2 million people (6.8 million fewer people live in Iceland).
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