Alaska is 1.32× the size of Inner Mongolia

What fits

• Inner Mongolia is 76% of the size of Alaska.
• Alaska is larger by 361,000 km² (139,000 mi²), which is 32% of the area of Inner Mongolia.
• Measured in Belgiums: Alaska is about 49.1, Inner Mongolia about 37.3.

How they differ

• Alaska is larger, but Inner Mongolia has the larger population: 24.0 million against 733,000, 32.8× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 21 in Inner Mongolia against 0.5 in Alaska: Inner Mongolia is 43.1× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 5,900 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Alaska at 64°N is drawn about 5.2× too large and Inner Mongolia at 44°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Alaska as 3.53× the size of Inner Mongolia instead of 1.32×.
• Together Alaska and Inner Mongolia cover 2,650,000 km², close to the size of Kazakhstan (2,714,000 km², 2.4% bigger).
• The gap between them, 361,000 km², is about the size of Germany (358,000 km²).
• At Inner Mongolia's density, Alaska would have 31.6 million people (it has 733,000). At Alaska's density, Inner Mongolia would have 558,000 (it has 24.0 million).
• Alaska's centre is 19.9° of latitude, about 2,210 km, farther north than Inner Mongolia'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.
• Inner Mongolia is the 2nd largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 12% of its area; it is the 28th most densely populated of them.
• Alaska lies about 20° of latitude (roughly 2,210 km) north of Inner Mongolia.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Alaska would have about 2,052,560 m² and each person in Inner Mongolia about 47,590 m².
• Laid side by side, Alaska and Inner Mongolia would cover 2,650,000 km², about the same size as Kazakhstan.
• Together they have 24.8 million people, 1.04× as many people as Syria.

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 1,144,000 km² is 3.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 1,181,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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