Country size comparison

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Minnesota is about 5 times bigger than Switzerland.

Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, while Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, making Minnesota 400% larger than Switzerland. Meanwhile, the population of Switzerland is ~8.5 million people (3.2 million fewer people live in Minnesota).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Switzerland vs. Minnesota uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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