Country size comparison

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Suriname is about 1.2 times bigger than Alabama.

Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, while Suriname is approximately 163,820 sq km, making Suriname 25% larger than Alabama. Meanwhile, the population of Alabama is ~4.8 million people (4.1 million fewer people live in Suriname).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alabama vs. Suriname uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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