Country size comparison

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Tanzania is about 4.6 times bigger than Minnesota.

Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, while Tanzania is approximately 947,300 sq km, making Tanzania 359% larger than Minnesota. Meanwhile, the population of Minnesota is ~5.3 million people (58.5 million more people live in Tanzania).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Minnesota vs. Tanzania uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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