State size comparison

 Alaska, USA
compared to
 California, USA

Alaska is about 3.7 times bigger than California.

California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, making Alaska 267% larger than California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (36.5 million fewer people live in Alaska). We have positioned the outline of California near the middle of Alaska.
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This to-scale comparison of California vs. Alaska uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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