Madagascar is 650 times larger than New Orleans.
Area: 587,041 km2 World Factbook
Population: 23,201,926 (July 2014) World Factbook
Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar and previously known as the Malagasy Republic, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of Southeast Africa. The nation comprises the island of Madagascar, as well as numerous smaller peripheral islands. Wikipedia
Area: 903 km2 calculated