Country size comparison

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Tanzania is about 8 times bigger than Louisiana.

Louisiana is approximately 112,825 sq km, while Tanzania is approximately 947,300 sq km, making Tanzania 740% larger than Louisiana. Meanwhile, the population of Louisiana is ~4.5 million people (59.3 million more people live in Tanzania).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Louisiana vs. Tanzania uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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