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Alaska vs Texas
Alaska is bigger. It measures 1,518,878 km² against Texas at 688,751 km² — 2.2 times the size. Two Texases still leave 141,376 km² of Alaska uncovered.
Alaska1,518,878 km²
Texas688,751 km²
Alaska is2.2 times Texas
Left after two Texases141,376 km²
Mexico, for scale, is 1,962,308 km². Alaska is in that class. Texas is not. Mercator makes this worse by inflating Alaska before the argument even starts.
Alaska laid over Texas on Equal Earth. Area does not change with the move. Only the argument does. Open this scene on the full map.
Areas are the shapes drawn on Map Real Size, measured on the sphere. Official land-area tables differ where they include inland water, a different coastline, or a disputed border. Alaska vs Texas, in full.