Country size comparison

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Louisiana is about 16 times smaller than Libya.

Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, while Louisiana is approximately 112,825 sq km, making Louisiana 6.41% the size of Libya. Meanwhile, the population of Libya is ~7.1 million people (2.6 million fewer people live in Louisiana).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Libya vs. Louisiana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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