State size comparison
compared to
New Mexico is about 4.7 times smaller than Alaska.
Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, while New Mexico is approximately 314,310 sq km, making New Mexico 21.22% the size of Alaska. Meanwhile, the population of Alaska is ~710,231 people (1.3 million more people live in New Mexico).
This to-scale comparison of
Alaska
vs.
New Mexico
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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