Country size comparison

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Turkmenistan is about 3.7 times bigger than Alabama.

Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, while Turkmenistan is approximately 488,100 sq km, making Turkmenistan 271% larger than Alabama. Meanwhile, the population of Alabama is ~4.8 million people (856,275 more people live in Turkmenistan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alabama vs. Turkmenistan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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