Country size comparison
compared to
Mississippi is around the same size as Eritrea.
Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, while Mississippi is approximately 121,489 sq km, making Mississippi 3% larger than Eritrea. Meanwhile, the population of Eritrea is ~6.2 million people (3.2 million fewer people live in Mississippi).
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