Minnesota is about 1.5 times smaller than Italy.

Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, while Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, making Minnesota 68.42% the size of Italy. Meanwhile, the population of Italy is ~58.9 million people (53.1 million fewer people live in Minnesota).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Italy vs. Minnesota uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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