State size comparison

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North Dakota is about 8 times smaller than Alaska.

Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, while North Dakota is approximately 178,647 sq km, making North Dakota 12.06% the size of Alaska. Meanwhile, the population of Alaska is ~710,231 people (37,640 fewer people live in North Dakota).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alaska vs. North Dakota uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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