Country size comparison

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Western Sahara is about 2 times bigger than Alabama.

Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, while Western Sahara is approximately 266,000 sq km, making Western Sahara 102% larger than Alabama. Meanwhile, the population of Alabama is ~5.2 million people (4.6 million fewer people live in Western Sahara).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alabama vs. Western Sahara uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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