Country size comparison
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Lesotho is about 4 times smaller than Mississippi.
Mississippi is approximately 121,489 sq km, while Lesotho is approximately 30,355 sq km, making Lesotho 24.99% the size of Mississippi. Meanwhile, the population of Mississippi is ~3.0 million people (773,327 fewer people live in Lesotho).
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