Province of Canada
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It covers about 664,000 km² (256,000 mi²), the 6th largest of the 13 provinces and territories in Natural Earth’s file for Canada, and about the same size as Myanmar. About 4.3 million people live there (Wikidata, 2021).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 664,000 km²256,000 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 662,000 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Canada | 6.7%of the area of the 13 provinces and territories |
| Rank by area | 6th of 13provinces and territories of Canada |
| Population | 4.3 millionWikidata, 2021 · the census year of every unit |
| Density | 6.4 people per km² |
| Capital | Edmonton |
| Latitude range | 49°N to 60°N |
| Type | ProvinceCA-AB |
What the numbers say about Alberta
- Alberta covers 6.7% of the area of Canada and ranks 4th of 13 by population, against 6th by area.
- It would take 15.0 provinces and territories the size of Alberta to cover Canada.
- Alberta holds 12% of the 37.0 million people that Wikidata’s 2021 figures give for the 13 provinces and territories together: about 1 in 9.
- The largest, Nunavut, is 3.13× the size of Alberta; the smallest, Prince Edward Island, is 0.9% of it.
- Closest in size within Canada: Manitoba (653,000 km², 1.02×) and Saskatchewan (651,000 km², 1.02×).
- Counted as a country, Alberta would be larger than 200 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 40th by area, between Chile (736,000 km²) and Myanmar (663,000 km²).
- With 4.3 million people it would rank 130th of 238 by population.
- Alberta has 6.4 people per km², about the density of Kazakhstan, which has 7.4 per km².
- That makes Alberta the 5th most densely populated of the 13 provinces and territories, 1.73× the average for Canada (3.7 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 55°N is drawn about 3.0× too large in area, so Alberta looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Alberta stretches about 1,240 km north to south and 689 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 662,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 664,000 km², to within 2%.
About the same size as
Beside the regions of other countries
The closest region by area and by people in each of the other countries that have regional pages here, within a factor of 2. All 395 regions side by side.
- ChinaAreaQinghai0.93× · 714,000 km²PeopleTibet1.17× · 3.6 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaTexas0.97× · 685,000 km²PeopleOregon1.01× · 4.2 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaRajasthan1.93× · 343,000 km²PeopleTripura1.16× · 3.7 million (2011)
- GermanyAreanone within 2×PeopleRhineland-Palatinate1.04× · 4.1 million (2022)
- FranceAreanone within 2×PeoplePays de la Loire1.10× · 3.9 million (2022)
- ItalyAreanone within 2×PeoplePiedmont0.98× · 4.3 million (2019)
- SpainAreanone within 2×PeopleValencian Community80% · 5.3 million (2024)
- JapanAreanone within 2×PeopleShizuoka1.18× · 3.6 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaMinas Gerais1.13× · 586,000 km²PeopleParaíba1.07× · 4.0 million (2022)
- AustraliaAreaNew South Wales83% · 802,000 km²PeopleQueensland76% · 5.6 million (2024)
- MexicoAreanone within 2×PeopleOaxaca1.07× · 4.0 million (2015)
- ThailandAreanone within 2×PeopleBangkok75% · 5.7 million (2018)
Where Alberta sits in Canada
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded. The region’s whole area is counted, every island included.
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-12
- Population
- Wikidata, 2021. Canada’s units share the 2021 figures where Wikidata has them; the year is shown wherever the figure is.
- Matching
- Countries come from Natural Earth’s country file. Places whose status is contested and dependencies are never used as automatic matches. A region under 2,500 km² is matched against the small countries and island nations.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12