Country size comparison

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Yemen is about 2.8 times smaller than Alaska.

Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, while Yemen is approximately 527,968 sq km, making Yemen 35.64% the size of Alaska. Meanwhile, the population of Alaska is ~710,231 people (30.3 million more people live in Yemen).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alaska vs. Yemen uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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