Country size comparison

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Russia is about 12 times bigger than Alaska.

Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, while Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, making Russia 1,054% larger than Alaska. Meanwhile, the population of Alaska is ~710,231 people (141.3 million more people live in Russia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alaska vs. Russia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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