Minnesota is about 1.3 times smaller than New Zealand.

New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, while Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, making Minnesota 76.7% the size of New Zealand. Meanwhile, the population of New Zealand is ~5.3 million people (505,705 more people live in Minnesota).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of New Zealand vs. Minnesota uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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