Country size comparison
compared to
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 ~5.1 million people (250,921 more people live in Minnesota).
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