Country size comparison

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Gambia is about 12 times smaller than Alabama.

Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, while Gambia is approximately 11,300 sq km, making Gambia 8.6% the size of Alabama. Meanwhile, the population of Alabama is ~4.8 million people (2.4 million fewer people live in Gambia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alabama vs. Gambia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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