Territory of Canada
Nunavut
Nunavut is a territory of Canada. It covers about 2,080,000 km² (803,000 mi²), the largest of the 13 provinces and territories in Natural Earth’s file for Canada, and 97% of the size of Greenland. About 37,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2021).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 2,080,000 km²803,000 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 2,039,000 km²Wikidata · 2.0% below our measure |
| Share of Canada | 21%of the area of the 13 provinces and territories |
| Rank by area | 1st of 13provinces and territories of Canada |
| Population | 37,000Wikidata, 2021 · the census year of every unit |
| Density | 0.02 people per km² |
| Capital | Iqaluit |
| Latitude range | 52°N to 83°N |
| Type | TerritoryCA-NU |
What the numbers say about Nunavut
- Nunavut covers 21% of the area of Canada and ranks 13th of 13 by population, against 1st by area.
- It would take 4.78 provinces and territories the size of Nunavut to cover Canada.
- Nunavut holds 0.1% of the 37.0 million people that Wikidata’s 2021 figures give for the 13 provinces and territories together: about 1 in 1,004.
- The smallest, Prince Edward Island, is 0.3% of the size of Nunavut; the next largest, Quebec, is 72%.
- Closest in size within Canada: Quebec (1,506,000 km², 1.38×) and Northwest Territories (1,348,000 km², 1.54×).
- Counted as a country, Nunavut would be larger than 227 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 13th by area, between Greenland (2,154,000 km²) and Mexico (1,958,000 km²).
- With 37,000 people it would rank 214th of 238 by population.
- Nunavut has 0.02 people per km², about the density of Greenland, which has 0.03 per km².
- That makes Nunavut the 13th most densely populated of the 13 provinces and territories, 0.5% of the average for Canada (3.7 per km²).
- Nunavut has 1,519× the room per person of Prince Edward Island, the most crowded of the 13: 0.02 against 27 people per km².
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 70°N is drawn about 8.3× too large in area, so Nunavut looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Nunavut stretches about 3,370 km north to south and 2,540 km east to west.
- Our measured 2,080,000 km² is 2.0% above Wikidata's official figure of 2,039,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Until 1999, the Northwest Territories covered what is now Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Added together, today’s outlines measure 3,428,000 km², 1.09× the size of India: as one unit they would be the largest of 12, with 78,000 people (2021 figures added up) the 11th most populous.
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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.
- ChinaAreaXinjiang1.28× · 1,630,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaAlaska1.38× · 1,505,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- IndiaAreanone within 2×PeopleLakshadweep57% · 64,000 (2011)
- BrazilAreaAmazonas1.33× · 1,565,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- AustraliaAreaQueensland1.20× · 1,730,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
Where Nunavut 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