Country size comparison

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Alaska is about 70 times bigger than El Salvador.

El Salvador is approximately 21,041 sq km, while Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, making Alaska 6,940% larger than El Salvador. Meanwhile, the population of El Salvador is ~6.6 million people (5.9 million fewer people live in Alaska).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of El Salvador vs. Alaska uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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