Louisiana is about 17 times smaller than Indonesia.

Indonesia is approximately 1,904,569 sq km, while Louisiana is approximately 112,825 sq km, making Louisiana 5.92% the size of Indonesia. Meanwhile, the population of Indonesia is ~277.3 million people (272.8 million fewer people live in Louisiana).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Indonesia vs. Louisiana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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