Alaska is 577× the size of Luxembourg

What fits

• Luxembourg fits inside Alaska about 577 times by area.
• Alaska is larger by 1,503,000 km² (580,000 mi²), which is 57,609% of the area of Luxembourg.
• Measured in Belgiums: Alaska is about 49.1, Luxembourg about 0.09.

How they differ

• Alaska also has the larger population: 733,000 against 691,000, 1.06× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 265 in Luxembourg against 0.5 in Alaska: Luxembourg is 544× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 7,230 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Alaska at 64°N is drawn about 5.2× too large and Luxembourg at 50°N about 2.4×, so the map shows Alaska as 1,252× the size of Luxembourg instead of 577×.
• Together Alaska and Luxembourg cover 1,508,000 km², close to the size of Mongolia (1,565,000 km², 3.8% bigger).
• The gap between them, 1,503,000 km², is about the size of Mongolia (1,565,000 km²).
• At Luxembourg's density, Alaska would have 398.7 million people (it has 733,000). At Alaska's density, Luxembourg would have 1,270 (it has 691,000).
• Alaska's centre is 14.2° of latitude, about 1,580 km, farther north than Luxembourg'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.
• Luxembourg ranks 181st of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Alaska lies about 14° of latitude (roughly 1,580 km) north of Luxembourg.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Alaska would have about 2,052,560 m² and each person in Luxembourg about 3,780 m².
• Laid side by side, Alaska and Luxembourg would cover 1,508,000 km², 96% of the size of Mongolia.
• Together they have 1.4 million people, about as many people as East Timor.
• Counted as a country, Alaska would rank 20th by area and 166th by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2026. 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.
• Wikidata's official figure of 2,590 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,610 km², to within 2%.

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