Country size comparison

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Alabama is about 1.3 times bigger than Iceland.

Iceland is approximately 103,000 sq km, while Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, making Alabama 28% larger than Iceland. Meanwhile, the population of Iceland is ~357,603 people (4.4 million more people live in Alabama).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iceland vs. Alabama uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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