Country size comparison

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Portugal is around the same size as Kentucky.

Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, while Portugal is approximately 92,090 sq km, making Portugal 89.5% the size of Kentucky. Meanwhile, the population of Kentucky is ~4.3 million people (5.9 million more people live in Portugal).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Kentucky vs. Portugal uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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