Country size comparison

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Peru is around the same size as Alaska.

Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, while Peru is approximately 1,285,216 sq km, making Peru 86.76% the size of Alaska. Meanwhile, the population of Alaska is ~710,231 people (31.6 million more people live in Peru).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alaska vs. Peru uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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