Country size comparison

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Iceland is about 1.7 times smaller than North Dakota.

North Dakota is approximately 178,647 sq km, while Iceland is approximately 103,000 sq km, making Iceland 57.66% the size of North Dakota. Meanwhile, the population of North Dakota is ~799,358 people (406,954 fewer people live in Iceland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of North Dakota vs. Iceland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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