State size comparison

compared to

Alaska is about 8 times bigger than North Dakota.

North Dakota is approximately 178,647 sq km, while Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, making Alaska 729% larger than North Dakota. Meanwhile, the population of North Dakota is ~672,591 people (37,640 more people live in Alaska).
This to-scale comparison of North Dakota vs. Alaska uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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