State size comparison

 Alaska, USA
compared to
 New York, USA

Alaska is about 12 times bigger than New York.

New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, while Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, making Alaska 1,111% larger than New York. Meanwhile, the population of New York is ~19.4 million people (18.7 million fewer people live in Alaska). We have positioned the outline of New York near the middle of Alaska.
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This to-scale comparison of New York vs. Alaska uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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