Country size comparison

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Minnesota is about 5 times bigger than Netherlands.

Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, while Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, making Minnesota 396% larger than Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~17.4 million people (12.1 million fewer people live in Minnesota).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Netherlands vs. Minnesota uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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