Country size comparison

compared to

Alaska is about 2.7 times bigger than France.

France is approximately 551,500 sq km, while Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, making Alaska 169% larger than France. Meanwhile, the population of France is ~68.3 million people (67.6 million fewer people live in Alaska).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of France vs. Alaska uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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