Country size comparison

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Alabama is about 1.2 times smaller than Suriname.

Suriname is approximately 163,820 sq km, while Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, making Alabama 80.23% the size of Suriname. Meanwhile, the population of Suriname is ~632,638 people (4.1 million more people live in Alabama).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Suriname vs. Alabama uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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