Country size comparison

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China is about 6 times bigger than Alaska.

Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, while China is approximately 9,596,960 sq km, making China 548% larger than Alaska. Meanwhile, the population of Alaska is ~710,231 people (1.4 billion more people live in China).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alaska vs. China uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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