Country size comparison

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Rwanda is about 5 times smaller than Alabama.

Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, while Rwanda is approximately 26,338 sq km, making Rwanda 20.04% the size of Alabama. Meanwhile, the population of Alabama is ~4.8 million people (8.4 million more people live in Rwanda).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alabama vs. Rwanda uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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