Country size comparison

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Alabama is about 2.5 times smaller than Malaysia.

Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, while Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, making Alabama 39.84% the size of Malaysia. Meanwhile, the population of Malaysia is ~33.9 million people (29.1 million fewer people live in Alabama).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malaysia vs. Alabama uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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