Country size comparison
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Massachusetts is about 1.5 times smaller than Lesotho.
Lesotho is approximately 30,355 sq km, while Massachusetts is approximately 20,306 sq km, making Massachusetts 66.9% the size of Lesotho. Meanwhile, the population of Lesotho is ~2.2 million people (4.4 million more people live in Massachusetts).
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