Country size comparison

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Iceland is about 2 times smaller than Minnesota.

Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, while Iceland is approximately 103,000 sq km, making Iceland 49.95% the size of Minnesota. Meanwhile, the population of Minnesota is ~5.3 million people (4.9 million fewer people live in Iceland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Minnesota vs. Iceland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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