Country size comparison

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Somalia is about 4.8 times bigger than Alabama.

Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, while Somalia is approximately 637,657 sq km, making Somalia 385% larger than Alabama. Meanwhile, the population of Alabama is ~4.8 million people (7.6 million more people live in Somalia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alabama vs. Somalia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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