Country size comparison

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Alabama is about 10 times smaller than Niger.

Niger is approximately 1,267,000 sq km, while Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, making Alabama 10.37% the size of Niger. Meanwhile, the population of Niger is ~24.5 million people (19.7 million fewer people live in Alabama).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Niger vs. Alabama uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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