Alaska is 1.12× the size of Northern Territory

What fits

• Northern Territory is 90% of the size of Alaska.
• Alaska is larger by 157,000 km² (60,600 mi²), which is 12% of the area of Northern Territory.
• Measured in Belgiums: Alaska is about 49.1, Northern Territory about 44.0.

How they differ

• Alaska also has the larger population: 733,000 against 262,000, 2.80× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 0.5 in Alaska against 0.2 in Northern Territory: Alaska is 2.51× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 11,200 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Alaska at 64°N is drawn about 5.2× too large and Northern Territory at 19°S about 1.1×, so the map shows Alaska as 5.17× the size of Northern Territory instead of 1.12×.
• Together Alaska and Northern Territory cover 2,854,000 km², close to the size of Argentina (2,783,000 km², 2.5% smaller).
• The gap between them, 157,000 km², is about the size of Tunisia (157,000 km²).
• At Northern Territory's density, Alaska would have 293,000 people (it has 733,000). At Alaska's density, Northern Territory would have 657,000 (it has 262,000).
• Alaska's centre is 83.3° of latitude, about 9,270 km, farther north than Northern Territory'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.
• Northern Territory is the 3rd largest of the 8 states and territories of Australia and covers 18% of its area; it is the 8th most densely populated of them.
• Alaska lies about 83° of latitude (roughly 9,270 km) north of Northern Territory, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Alaska would have about 2,052,560 m² and each person in Northern Territory about 5,142,900 m².
• Laid side by side, Alaska and Northern Territory would cover 2,854,000 km², about the same size as Argentina.
• Together they have 996,000 people, 1.07× as many people as Fiji.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2024. 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 1,348,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,348,000 km², to within 2%.

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