Country size comparison

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Michigan is about 3.8 times smaller than Tanzania.

Tanzania is approximately 947,300 sq km, while Michigan is approximately 250,493 sq km, making Michigan 26.44% the size of Tanzania. Meanwhile, the population of Tanzania is ~63.9 million people (54.0 million fewer people live in Michigan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Tanzania vs. Michigan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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