Country size comparison

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North Dakota is about 3.1 times smaller than France.

France is approximately 551,500 sq km, while North Dakota is approximately 178,647 sq km, making North Dakota 32.39% the size of France. Meanwhile, the population of France is ~68.3 million people (67.6 million fewer people live in North Dakota).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of France vs. North Dakota uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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