Country size comparison

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Iceland is about 14 times smaller than Alaska.

Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, while Iceland is approximately 103,000 sq km, making Iceland 6.95% the size of Alaska. Meanwhile, the population of Alaska is ~710,231 people (352,628 fewer people live in Iceland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alaska vs. Iceland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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