Country size comparison

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Kentucky is about 5 times smaller than France.

France is approximately 551,500 sq km, while Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, making Kentucky 18.66% the size of France. Meanwhile, the population of France is ~68.3 million people (64.0 million fewer people live in Kentucky).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of France vs. Kentucky uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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