British Columbia is 7.35× the size of Nicaragua

What fits

• Nicaragua fits inside British Columbia about 7.35 times by area.
• British Columbia is larger by 817,000 km² (315,000 mi²), which is 635% of the area of Nicaragua.
• Measured in Belgiums: British Columbia is about 30.8, Nicaragua about 4.20.

How they differ

• British Columbia is larger, but Nicaragua has the larger population: 5.1 million against 5.0 million, 1.03× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 40 in Nicaragua against 5.3 in British Columbia: Nicaragua is 7.56× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 5,760 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: British Columbia at 55°N is drawn about 3.0× too large and Nicaragua at 13°N about 1.1×, so the map shows British Columbia as 20.8× the size of Nicaragua instead of 7.35×.
• Together British Columbia and Nicaragua cover 1,074,000 km², close to the size of Bolivia (1,087,000 km², 1.2% bigger).
• The gap between them, 817,000 km², is about the size of Namibia (823,000 km²).
• At Nicaragua's density, British Columbia would have 37.8 million people (it has 5.0 million). At British Columbia's density, Nicaragua would have 681,000 (it has 5.1 million).
• British Columbia's centre is 41.7° of latitude, about 4,640 km, farther north than Nicaragua's.
• British Columbia is the 5th largest of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and covers 9.5% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
• Nicaragua ranks 99th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• British Columbia lies about 42° of latitude (roughly 4,640 km) north of Nicaragua.
• Shared out evenly, each person in British Columbia would have about 189,090 m² and each person in Nicaragua about 25,030 m².
• Laid side by side, British Columbia and Nicaragua would cover 1,074,000 km², about the same size as Bolivia.
• Together they have 10.1 million people, about as many people as Azerbaijan.
• Counted as a country, British Columbia would rank 31st by area and 125th by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2005. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 945,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 946,000 km², to within 2%.
• Our measured 129,000 km² is 6.9% above Wikidata's official figure of 120,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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