Country size comparison
compared to
Alaska is about 7 times smaller than United States.
United States is approximately 9,833,517 sq km, while Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, making Alaska 15.06% the size of United States. Meanwhile, the population of United States is ~337.3 million people (336.6 million fewer people live in Alaska).
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