Country size comparison

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Libya is about 9 times bigger than Minnesota.

Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, while Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, making Libya 753% larger than Minnesota. Meanwhile, the population of Minnesota is ~5.3 million people (1.8 million more people live in Libya).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Minnesota vs. Libya uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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