Country size comparison

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Portugal is about 1.2 times smaller than Louisiana.

Louisiana is approximately 112,825 sq km, while Portugal is approximately 92,090 sq km, making Portugal 81.62% the size of Louisiana. Meanwhile, the population of Louisiana is ~4.5 million people (5.7 million more people live in Portugal).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Louisiana vs. Portugal uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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