Michigan is around the same size as New Zealand.

New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, while Michigan is approximately 250,493 sq km, making Michigan 93.18% the size of New Zealand. Meanwhile, the population of New Zealand is ~5.1 million people (4.8 million more people live in Michigan).
This to-scale comparison of New Zealand vs. Michigan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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