Country size comparison

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Russia is about 130 times bigger than Alabama.

Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, while Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, making Russia 12,910% larger than Alabama. Meanwhile, the population of Alabama is ~4.8 million people (137.2 million more people live in Russia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alabama vs. Russia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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