Country size comparison

compared to

Alabama is around the same size as North Korea.

North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, while Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, making Alabama 9% larger than North Korea. Meanwhile, the population of North Korea is ~26.0 million people (21.2 million fewer people live in Alabama).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of North Korea vs. Alabama uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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