Country size comparison

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Panama is about 1.7 times smaller than Alabama.

Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, while Panama is approximately 75,420 sq km, making Panama 57.39% the size of Alabama. Meanwhile, the population of Alabama is ~4.8 million people (441,968 fewer people live in Panama).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alabama vs. Panama uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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