Alberta is 1.03× the size of Afghanistan

What fits

• Afghanistan is 97% of the size of Alberta.
• Alberta is larger by 21,600 km² (8,320 mi²), which is 3.4% of the area of Afghanistan.
• Measured in Belgiums: Alberta is about 21.6, Afghanistan about 20.9.

How they differ

• Alberta is larger, but Afghanistan has the larger population: 41.5 million against 4.3 million, 9.73× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 65 in Afghanistan against 6.4 in Alberta: Afghanistan is 10.1× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 10,100 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Alberta at 55°N is drawn about 3.0× too large and Afghanistan at 34°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Alberta as 2.17× the size of Afghanistan instead of 1.03×.
• Together Alberta and Afghanistan cover 1,306,000 km², close to the size of Peru (1,290,000 km², 1.2% smaller).
• The gap between them, 21,600 km², is about the size of Djibouti (21,800 km²).
• At Afghanistan's density, Alberta would have 42.8 million people (it has 4.3 million). At Alberta's density, Afghanistan would have 4.1 million (it has 41.5 million).
• Alberta's centre is 21.2° of latitude, about 2,350 km, farther north than Afghanistan's.
• Alberta is the 6th largest of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and covers 6.7% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
• Afghanistan ranks 42nd of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Alberta lies about 21° of latitude (roughly 2,350 km) north of Afghanistan.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Alberta would have about 155,710 m² and each person in Afghanistan about 15,490 m².
• Laid side by side, Alberta and Afghanistan would cover 1,306,000 km², about the same size as Peru.
• Together they have 45.7 million people, about as many people as Algeria.
• Counted as a country, Alberta would rank 40th by area and 130th by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2023. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 662,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 664,000 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 652,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 642,000 km², to within 2%.

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