Louisiana is about 2.4 times smaller than New Zealand.

New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, while Louisiana is approximately 112,825 sq km, making Louisiana 41.97% the size of New Zealand. Meanwhile, the population of New Zealand is ~5.1 million people (519,632 fewer people live in Louisiana).
This to-scale comparison of New Zealand vs. Louisiana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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