Alaska is 256× the size of Colima

What fits

• Colima fits inside Alaska about 256 times by area.
• Alaska is larger by 1,499,000 km² (579,000 mi²), which is 25,509% of the area of Colima.
• Measured in Belgiums: Alaska is about 49.1, Colima about 0.19.

How they differ

• Alaska also has the larger population: 733,000 against 731,000, 1.00× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 124 in Colima against 0.5 in Alaska: Colima is 255× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 6,140 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Alaska at 64°N is drawn about 5.2× too large and Colima at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Alaska as 1,188× the size of Colima instead of 256×.
• Together Alaska and Colima cover 1,511,000 km², close to the size of Mongolia (1,565,000 km², 3.5% bigger).
• The gap between them, 1,499,000 km², is about the size of Mongolia (1,565,000 km²).
• At Colima's density, Alaska would have 187.3 million people (it has 733,000). At Alaska's density, Colima would have 2,860 (it has 731,000).
• Alaska's centre is 44.9° of latitude, about 4,990 km, farther north than Colima'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.
• Colima is the 28th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
• Alaska lies about 45° of latitude (roughly 4,990 km) north of Colima.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Alaska would have about 2,052,560 m² and each person in Colima about 8,040 m².
• Laid side by side, Alaska and Colima would cover 1,511,000 km², 97% of the size of Mongolia.
• Together they have 1.5 million people, 1.05× as many people as East Timor.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020. 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 5,880 km² is 4.5% above Wikidata's official figure of 5,630 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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