Country size comparison

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Alaska is about 1.2 times smaller than Libya.

Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, while Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, making Alaska 84.19% the size of Libya. Meanwhile, the population of Libya is ~7.1 million people (6.4 million fewer people live in Alaska).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Libya vs. Alaska uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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