Lake Michigan is about 1.4 times smaller than Scotland.

Scotland is approximately 78,782 km² (30,418 sq mi), while Lake Michigan is approximately 57,750 km² (22,297 sq mi), making Lake Michigan 73.3% the size of Scotland.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Scotland vs. Lake Michigan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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