Israel is about 8 times smaller than Missouri.

Missouri is approximately 178,414 sq km, while Israel is approximately 21,937 sq km, making Israel 12.3% the size of Missouri. Meanwhile, the population of Missouri is ~6.3 million people (3.9 million more people live in Israel).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Missouri vs. Israel uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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