Country size comparison

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Alabama is about 2 times bigger than Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka is approximately 65,610 sq km, while Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, making Alabama 100% larger than Sri Lanka. Meanwhile, the population of Sri Lanka is ~23.2 million people (18.4 million fewer people live in Alabama).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sri Lanka vs. Alabama uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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