Country size comparison

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Alabama is about 3.2 times bigger than Netherlands.

Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, while Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, making Alabama 216% larger than Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~17.4 million people (12.6 million fewer people live in Alabama).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Netherlands vs. Alabama uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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