Country size comparison

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Michigan is about 5 times smaller than Mali.

Mali is approximately 1,240,192 sq km, while Michigan is approximately 250,493 sq km, making Michigan 20.2% the size of Mali. Meanwhile, the population of Mali is ~20.7 million people (10.9 million fewer people live in Michigan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Mali vs. Michigan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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