Country size comparison

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Minnesota is about 2.7 times smaller than France.

France is approximately 551,500 sq km, while Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, making Minnesota 37.39% the size of France. Meanwhile, the population of France is ~68.3 million people (63.0 million fewer people live in Minnesota).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of France vs. Minnesota uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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