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Swing states

Where would Canada and Greenland rank if they became US states?

– Canada would be, by far, the largest state. In fact, at 3,855,100 square miles it is marginally larger than the current US (3,796,742 square miles).

– It would also be the largest state by population, with 41.5m inhabitants, putting it ahead of California (39.

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