Country size comparison

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Somalia is about 6 times bigger than Louisiana.

Louisiana is approximately 112,825 sq km, while Somalia is approximately 637,657 sq km, making Somalia 465% larger than Louisiana. Meanwhile, the population of Louisiana is ~4.5 million people (7.9 million more people live in Somalia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Louisiana vs. Somalia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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