Country size comparison

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Alabama is about 4.2 times smaller than France.

France is approximately 551,500 sq km, while Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, making Alabama 23.83% the size of France. Meanwhile, the population of France is ~68.3 million people (63.5 million fewer people live in Alabama).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of France vs. Alabama uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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