Russia is about 96 times bigger than North Dakota.

North Dakota is approximately 178,647 sq km, while Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, making Russia 9,471% larger than North Dakota. Meanwhile, the population of North Dakota is ~799,358 people (142.7 million more people live in Russia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of North Dakota vs. Russia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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