Country size comparison

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Alaska is about 2.8 times bigger than Yemen.

Yemen is approximately 527,968 sq km, while Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, making Alaska 181% larger than Yemen. Meanwhile, the population of Yemen is ~31.0 million people (30.3 million fewer people live in Alaska).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Yemen vs. Alaska uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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