State size comparison
compared to
Nevada is about 5 times smaller than Alaska.
Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, while Nevada is approximately 284,448 sq km, making Nevada 19.2% the size of Alaska. Meanwhile, the population of Alaska is ~710,231 people (2.0 million more people live in Nevada).
This to-scale comparison of
Alaska
vs.
Nevada
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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