Alberta and Myanmar are almost exactly the same size

What fits

• Myanmar is 100% of the size of Alberta.
• The measured areas differ by 581 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
• Measured in Belgiums: Alberta is about 21.6, Myanmar about 21.6.

How they differ

• Alberta is larger, but Myanmar has the larger population: 53.4 million against 4.3 million, 12.5× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 80 in Myanmar against 6.4 in Alberta: Myanmar is 12.5× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 11,100 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Alberta at 55°N is drawn about 3.0× too large and Myanmar at 21°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Alberta as 2.65× the size of Myanmar instead of 1.00×.
• Together Alberta and Myanmar cover 1,327,000 km², close to the size of Peru (1,290,000 km², 2.8% smaller).
• At Myanmar's density, Alberta would have 53.4 million people (it has 4.3 million). At Alberta's density, Myanmar would have 4.3 million (it has 53.4 million).
• Alberta's centre is 33.9° of latitude, about 3,770 km, farther north than Myanmar'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.
• Myanmar ranks 41st of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Alberta lies about 34° of latitude (roughly 3,770 km) north of Myanmar.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Alberta would have about 155,710 m² and each person in Myanmar about 12,430 m².
• Laid side by side, Alberta and Myanmar would cover 1,327,000 km², about the same size as Peru.
• Together they have 57.6 million people, about as many people as Tanzania.
• Counted as a country, Alberta would rank 40th by area and 130th by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2017. 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 677,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 663,000 km², to within 2%.

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