Alaska is 1.33× the size of Tibet

What fits

• Tibet is 75% of the size of Alaska.
• Alaska is larger by 376,000 km² (145,000 mi²), which is 33% of the area of Tibet.
• Measured in Belgiums: Alaska is about 49.1, Tibet about 36.8.

How they differ

• Alaska is larger, but Tibet has the larger population: 3.6 million against 733,000, 4.97× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 3.2 in Tibet against 0.5 in Alaska: Tibet is 6.63× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 8,130 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Alaska at 64°N is drawn about 5.2× too large and Tibet at 32°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Alaska as 5.01× the size of Tibet instead of 1.33×.
• Together Alaska and Tibet cover 2,635,000 km², close to the size of Kazakhstan (2,714,000 km², 3.0% bigger).
• The gap between them, 376,000 km², is about the size of Japan (374,000 km²).
• At Tibet's density, Alaska would have 4.9 million people (it has 733,000). At Alaska's density, Tibet would have 550,000 (it has 3.6 million).
• Alaska's centre is 32.2° of latitude, about 3,590 km, farther north than Tibet'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.
• Tibet is the 3rd largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 12% of its area; it is the 31st most densely populated of them.
• Alaska lies about 32° of latitude (roughly 3,590 km) north of Tibet.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Alaska would have about 2,052,560 m² and each person in Tibet about 309,690 m².
• Laid side by side, Alaska and Tibet would cover 2,635,000 km², about the same size as Kazakhstan.
• Together they have 4.4 million people, about as many people as Kuwait.

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 1,130,000 km² is 8.0% below Wikidata's official figure of 1,228,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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