Country size comparison

compared to

Alaska is about 23 times bigger than Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka is approximately 65,610 sq km, while Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, making Alaska 2,158% larger than Sri Lanka. Meanwhile, the population of Sri Lanka is ~23.2 million people (22.5 million fewer people live in Alaska).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sri Lanka vs. Alaska uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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