Australian Capital Territory is 1.17× the size of Mauritius

What fits

• Mauritius is 85% of the size of Australian Capital Territory.
• Australian Capital Territory is larger by 349 km² (135 mi²), which is 17% of the area of Mauritius.
• Measured in Belgiums: Australian Capital Territory is about 0.08, Mauritius about 0.07.

How they differ

• Australian Capital Territory is larger, but Mauritius has the larger population: 1.3 million against 482,000, 2.63× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 628 in Mauritius against 205 in Australian Capital Territory: Mauritius is 3.06× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 8,820 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Australian Capital Territory at 35°S is drawn about 1.5× too large and Mauritius at 20°S about 1.1×, so the map shows Australian Capital Territory as 1.56× the size of Mauritius instead of 1.17×.
• Together Australian Capital Territory and Mauritius cover 4,350 km², close to the size of Cape Verde (3,930 km², 9.7% smaller).
• The gap between them, 349 km², is about the size of Grenada (347 km²).
• At Mauritius's density, Australian Capital Territory would have 1.5 million people (it has 482,000). At Australian Capital Territory's density, Mauritius would have 413,000 (it has 1.3 million).
• Mauritius's centre is 15.2° of latitude, about 1,690 km, farther north than Australian Capital Territory's.
• Australian Capital Territory is the 8th largest of the 8 states and territories of Australia and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
• Mauritius ranks 182nd of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Mauritius lies about 15° of latitude (roughly 1,690 km) north of Australian Capital Territory.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Australian Capital Territory would have about 4,880 m² and each person in Mauritius about 1,590 m².
• Laid side by side, Australian Capital Territory and Mauritius would cover 4,350 km², 1.11× the size of Cape Verde.
• Together they have 1.7 million people, 95% as many people as North Macedonia.
• Australian Capital Territory is drawn from 52 points and Mauritius is drawn from 26 points: at sizes under 2,500 km² the outlines are a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.
• Counted as a country, Australian Capital Territory would rank 181st by area and 174th by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2017. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 2,360 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,350 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 2,040 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,010 km², to within 2%.

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