State size comparison

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Alaska is about 5 times bigger than Arizona.

Arizona is approximately 294,312 sq km, while Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, making Alaska 403% larger than Arizona. Meanwhile, the population of Arizona is ~7.6 million people (6.9 million fewer people live in Alaska).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Arizona vs. Alaska uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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