Alaska is 10.8× the size of Amapá

What fits

• Amapá fits inside Alaska about 10.8 times by area.
• Alaska is larger by 1,366,000 km² (527,000 mi²), which is 982% of the area of Amapá.
• Measured in Belgiums: Alaska is about 49.1, Amapá about 4.54.

How they differ

• Alaska is larger, but Amapá has the larger population: 734,000 against 733,000, 1.00× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 5.3 in Amapá against 0.5 in Alaska: Amapá is 10.8× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 10,400 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Alaska at 64°N is drawn about 5.2× too large and Amapá at 1°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Alaska as 56.2× the size of Amapá instead of 10.8×.
• Together Alaska and Amapá cover 1,645,000 km², close to the size of Libya (1,624,000 km², 1.3% smaller).
• The gap between them, 1,366,000 km², is about the size of Peru (1,290,000 km²).
• At Amapá's density, Alaska would have 7.9 million people (it has 733,000). At Alaska's density, Amapá would have 68,000 (it has 734,000).
• Alaska's centre is 62.5° of latitude, about 6,950 km, farther north than Amapá's.
• Alaska is the largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 16% of its area; it is the 51st most densely populated of them.
• Amapá is the 18th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 1.6% of its area; it is the 24th most densely populated of them.
• Alaska lies about 63° of latitude (roughly 6,950 km) north of Amapá.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Alaska would have about 2,052,560 m² and each person in Amapá about 189,680 m².
• Laid side by side, Alaska and Amapá would cover 1,645,000 km², about the same size as Libya.
• Together they have 1.5 million people, 1.05× as many people as East Timor.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Our measured 1,505,000 km² is 12% below Wikidata's official figure of 1,718,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
• Our measured 139,000 km² is 2.5% below Wikidata's official figure of 143,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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