Alberta is 1.93× the size of Rajasthan

What fits

• Rajasthan is 52% of the size of Alberta.
• Alberta is larger by 321,000 km² (124,000 mi²), which is 93% of the area of Rajasthan.
• Measured in Belgiums: Alberta is about 21.6, Rajasthan about 11.2.

How they differ

• Alberta is larger, but Rajasthan has the larger population: 68.5 million against 4.3 million, 16.1× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 200 in Rajasthan against 6.4 in Alberta: Rajasthan is 31.1× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 10,900 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Alberta at 55°N is drawn about 3.0× too large and Rajasthan at 27°N about 1.3×, so the map shows Alberta as 4.70× the size of Rajasthan instead of 1.93×.
• Together Alberta and Rajasthan cover 1,007,000 km², close to the size of Egypt (1,001,000 km², 0.6% smaller).
• The gap between them, 321,000 km², is about the size of Ivory Coast (321,000 km²).
• At Rajasthan's density, Alberta would have 132.6 million people (it has 4.3 million). At Alberta's density, Rajasthan would have 2.2 million (it has 68.5 million).
• Alberta's centre is 28.4° of latitude, about 3,160 km, farther north than Rajasthan'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.
• Rajasthan is the largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 11% of its area; it is the 26th most densely populated of them.
• Alberta lies about 28° of latitude (roughly 3,160 km) north of Rajasthan.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Alberta would have about 155,710 m² and each person in Rajasthan about 5,000 m².
• Laid side by side, Alberta and Rajasthan would cover 1,007,000 km², about the same size as Egypt.
• Together they have 72.8 million people, 1.06× as many people as France.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2011. 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 342,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 343,000 km², to within 2%.

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