Country size comparison

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Alabama is about 2 times smaller than New Zealand.

New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, while Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, making Alabama 48.89% the size of New Zealand. Meanwhile, the population of New Zealand is ~5.1 million people (273,268 fewer people live in Alabama).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of New Zealand vs. Alabama uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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