Country size comparison

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Alaska is about 5 times bigger than Ecuador.

Ecuador is approximately 283,561 sq km, while Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, making Alaska 422% larger than Ecuador. Meanwhile, the population of Ecuador is ~17.3 million people (16.6 million fewer people live in Alaska).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ecuador vs. Alaska uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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