Amazonas is 1.04× the size of Quebec

What fits

• Quebec is 96% of the size of Amazonas.
• Amazonas is larger by 59,900 km² (23,100 mi²), which is 4.0% of the area of Quebec.
• Measured in Belgiums: Amazonas is about 51.0, Quebec about 49.1.

How they differ

• Amazonas is larger, but Quebec has the larger population: 8.5 million against 3.9 million, 2.16× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 5.6 in Quebec against 2.5 in Amazonas: Quebec is 2.24× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 6,400 km apart.
• On a standard web map Quebec looks larger than Amazonas: Amazonas at 4°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Quebec at 53°N about 2.8×, so the map shows Quebec as 2.65× the size of Amazonas, when Amazonas is 1.04× the size of Quebec.
• Together Amazonas and Quebec cover 3,071,000 km², close to the size of India (3,151,000 km², 2.6% bigger).
• The gap between them, 59,900 km², is about the size of Togo (56,900 km²).
• At Quebec's density, Amazonas would have 8.8 million people (it has 3.9 million). At Amazonas's density, Quebec would have 3.8 million (it has 8.5 million).
• Quebec's centre is 57.2° of latitude, about 6,360 km, farther north than Amazonas's.
• Amazonas is the largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 18% of its area; it is the 27th most densely populated of them.
• Quebec is the 2nd largest of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and covers 15% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
• Quebec lies about 57° of latitude (roughly 6,360 km) north of Amazonas, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Amazonas would have about 397,150 m² and each person in Quebec about 177,080 m².
• Laid side by side, Amazonas and Quebec would cover 3,071,000 km², about the same size as India.
• Together they have 12.4 million people, about as many people as South Sudan.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 1,559,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,565,000 km², to within 2%.
• Our measured 1,506,000 km² is 2.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 1,542,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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