Country size comparison

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Alaska is about 2.3 times bigger than Somalia.

Somalia is approximately 637,657 sq km, while Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, making Alaska 132% larger than Somalia. Meanwhile, the population of Somalia is ~12.4 million people (11.7 million fewer people live in Alaska).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Somalia vs. Alaska uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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