Country size comparison

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New York is about 2.8 times bigger than Denmark.

Denmark is approximately 43,094 sq km, while New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, making New York 184% larger than Denmark. Meanwhile, the population of Denmark is ~5.9 million people (13.5 million more people live in New York).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Denmark vs. New York uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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