Country size comparison

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Alabama is about 3.7 times smaller than Turkmenistan.

Turkmenistan is approximately 488,100 sq km, while Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, making Alabama 26.93% the size of Turkmenistan. Meanwhile, the population of Turkmenistan is ~5.6 million people (856,275 fewer people live in Alabama).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Turkmenistan vs. Alabama uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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