Country size comparison

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Alabama is around the same size as Nicaragua.

Nicaragua is approximately 130,370 sq km, while Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, making Alabama 1% larger than Nicaragua. Meanwhile, the population of Nicaragua is ~6.3 million people (1.5 million fewer people live in Alabama).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nicaragua vs. Alabama uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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