Country size comparison

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Ghana is about 1.8 times bigger than Alabama.

Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, while Ghana is approximately 238,533 sq km, making Ghana 81% larger than Alabama. Meanwhile, the population of Alabama is ~4.8 million people (28.3 million more people live in Ghana).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alabama vs. Ghana uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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