Country size comparison

compared to

North Dakota is about 96 times smaller than Russia.

Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, while North Dakota is approximately 178,647 sq km, making North Dakota 1.04% the size of Russia. Meanwhile, the population of Russia is ~142.0 million people (141.3 million fewer people live in North Dakota).

Tip: This to-scale comparison of Russia vs. North Dakota uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.