Alaska is 1.40× the size of Ontario

What fits

• Ontario is 72% of the size of Alaska.
• Alaska is larger by 428,000 km² (165,000 mi²), which is 40% of the area of Ontario.
• Measured in Belgiums: Alaska is about 49.1, Ontario about 35.1.

How they differ

• Alaska is larger, but Ontario has the larger population: 14.2 million against 733,000, 19.4× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 13 in Ontario against 0.5 in Alaska: Ontario is 27.1× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 4,120 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Alaska at 64°N is drawn about 5.2× too large and Ontario at 50°N about 2.4×, so the map shows Alaska as 3.01× the size of Ontario instead of 1.40×.
• Together Alaska and Ontario cover 2,583,000 km², close to the size of Kazakhstan (2,714,000 km², 5.1% bigger).
• The gap between them, 428,000 km², is about the size of Iraq (437,000 km²).
• At Ontario's density, Alaska would have 19.9 million people (it has 733,000). At Alaska's density, Ontario would have 525,000 (it has 14.2 million).
• Alaska's centre is 14.1° of latitude, about 1,560 km, farther north than Ontario'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.
• Ontario is the 4th largest of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and covers 11% of its area; it is the 3rd most densely populated of them.
• Alaska lies about 14° of latitude (roughly 1,560 km) north of Ontario.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Alaska would have about 2,052,560 m² and each person in Ontario about 75,760 m².
• Laid side by side, Alaska and Ontario would cover 2,583,000 km², 95% of the size of Kazakhstan.
• Together they have 15.0 million people, about as many people as Zimbabwe.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2021. 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 1,076,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,078,000 km², to within 2%.

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