Country size comparison

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Portugal is about 1.4 times smaller than Alabama.

Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, while Portugal is approximately 92,090 sq km, making Portugal 70.07% the size of Alabama. Meanwhile, the population of Alabama is ~4.8 million people (5.5 million more people live in Portugal).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alabama vs. Portugal uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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