Brunei is 2.43× the size of Australian Capital Territory

What fits

• Australian Capital Territory fits inside Brunei about 2.43 times by area.
• Brunei is larger by 3,370 km² (1,300 mi²), which is 143% of the area of Australian Capital Territory.
• Measured in Belgiums: Brunei is about 0.19, Australian Capital Territory about 0.08.

How they differ

• Brunei is larger, but Australian Capital Territory has the larger population: 482,000 against 459,000, 1.05× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 205 in Australian Capital Territory against 80 in Brunei: Australian Capital Territory is 2.55× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 5,710 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Brunei at 5°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Australian Capital Territory at 35°S about 1.5×, so the map shows Brunei as 1.62× the size of Australian Capital Territory instead of 2.43×.
• Together Brunei and Australian Capital Territory cover 8,070 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 24% bigger).
• The gap between them, 3,370 km², is about the size of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (3,320 km²).
• At Australian Capital Territory's density, Brunei would have 1.2 million people (it has 459,000). At Brunei's density, Australian Capital Territory would have 189,000 (it has 482,000).
• Brunei's centre is 40.0° of latitude, about 4,450 km, farther north than Australian Capital Territory's.
• Brunei ranks 173rd of 246 countries and territories by area.
• 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.
• Brunei lies about 40° of latitude (roughly 4,450 km) north of Australian Capital Territory, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Brunei would have about 12,460 m² and each person in Australian Capital Territory about 4,880 m².
• Laid side by side, Brunei and Australian Capital Territory would cover 8,070 km², 81% of the size of Lebanon.
• Together they have 941,000 people, about as many people as Fiji.
• Australian Capital Territory is drawn from 52 points: at a size under 2,500 km² the outline is 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 2023 and Wikidata 2024. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 5,770 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,720 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 2,360 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,350 km², to within 2%.

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