Country size comparison

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Alabama is about 130 times smaller than Russia.

Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, while Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, making Alabama 0.77% the size of Russia. Meanwhile, the population of Russia is ~143.5 million people (138.3 million fewer people live in Alabama).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Russia vs. Alabama uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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