Alaska is 1.17× the size of Peru

What fits

• Peru is 86% of the size of Alaska.
• Alaska is larger by 215,000 km² (83,200 mi²), which is 17% of the area of Peru.
• Measured in Belgiums: Alaska is about 49.1, Peru about 42.1.

How they differ

• Alaska is larger, but Peru has the larger population: 34.2 million against 733,000, 46.6× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 26 in Peru against 0.5 in Alaska: Peru is 54.4× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 10,300 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Alaska at 64°N is drawn about 5.2× too large and Peru at 9°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Alaska as 5.91× the size of Peru instead of 1.17×.
• Together Alaska and Peru cover 2,795,000 km², close to the size of Argentina (2,783,000 km², 0.4% smaller).
• The gap between them, 215,000 km², is about the size of Guyana (211,000 km²).
• At Peru's density, Alaska would have 39.9 million people (it has 733,000). At Alaska's density, Peru would have 628,000 (it has 34.2 million).
• Alaska's centre is 73.1° of latitude, about 8,130 km, farther north than Peru'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.
• Peru ranks 21st of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Alaska lies about 73° of latitude (roughly 8,130 km) north of Peru, 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 Peru about 37,760 m².
• Laid side by side, Alaska and Peru would cover 2,795,000 km², about the same size as Argentina.
• Together they have 34.9 million people, about as many people as Uzbekistan.
• Counted as a country, Alaska would rank 20th by area and 166th by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2025. 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 1,285,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,290,000 km², to within 2%.

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