State size comparison
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Pennsylvania is about 13 times smaller than Alaska.
Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, while Pennsylvania is approximately 116,075 sq km, making Pennsylvania 7.84% the size of Alaska. Meanwhile, the population of Alaska is ~710,231 people (12.0 million more people live in Pennsylvania).
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