State size comparison
compared to
Alabama is about 1.3 times bigger than Virginia.
Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km,
while Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, making
Alabama 28% larger than Virginia.
Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.0 million people
(3.2 million fewer people live in Alabama).
This to-scale comparison of
Virginia
vs.
Alabama
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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