Country size comparison

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Norway is about 1.6 times bigger than Minnesota.

Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, while Norway is approximately 323,802 sq km, making Norway 57% larger than Minnesota. Meanwhile, the population of Minnesota is ~5.3 million people (249,915 more people live in Norway).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Minnesota vs. Norway uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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