State size comparison

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Alaska is about 5 times bigger than Nevada.

Nevada is approximately 284,448 sq km, while Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, making Alaska 421% larger than Nevada. Meanwhile, the population of Nevada is ~2.7 million people (2.0 million fewer people live in Alaska).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nevada vs. Alaska uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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