Country size comparison

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Mexico is about 1.3 times bigger than Alaska.

Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, while Mexico is approximately 1,964,375 sq km, making Mexico 33% larger than Alaska. Meanwhile, the population of Alaska is ~710,231 people (128.4 million more people live in Mexico).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alaska vs. Mexico uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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