Greenland is 1.04× the size of Nunavut

Greenland (North America) covers about 2,154,000 km² (832,000 mi²) and Nunavut (territory of Canada) about 2,080,000 km² (803,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

2,154,000km²Greenland
2,080,000km²Nunavut

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Greenland
Nunavut

What fits

Nunavut is 97% of the size of Greenland.
Greenland is larger by 74,500 km² (28,800 mi²), which is 3.6% of the area of Nunavut.
Measured in Belgiums: Greenland is about 70.2, Nunavut about 67.8.

How they differ

Greenland also has the larger population: 57,000 against 37,000, 1.54× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 0.0 in Greenland against 0.0 in Nunavut: Greenland is 1.48× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,720 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Greenland at 73°N is drawn about 11.9× too large and Nunavut at 70°N about 8.3×, so the map shows Greenland as 1.49× the size of Nunavut instead of 1.04×.
Together Greenland and Nunavut cover 4,234,000 km², close to the size of India (3,151,000 km², 26% smaller).
The gap between them, 74,500 km², is about the size of Panama (74,500 km²).
At Nunavut's density, Greenland would have 38,000 people (it has 57,000). At Greenland's density, Nunavut would have 55,000 (it has 37,000).
Greenland's centre is 3.5° of latitude, about 390 km, farther north than Nunavut's.
Greenland ranks 13th of 246 countries and territories by area.
Nunavut is the largest of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and covers 21% of its area; it is the 13th most densely populated of them.
Greenland lies about 3° of latitude (roughly 386 km) north of Nunavut.
Shared out evenly, each person in Greenland would have about 38,057,180 m² and each person in Nunavut about 56,430,200 m².
Laid side by side, Greenland and Nunavut would cover 4,234,000 km², 1.34× the size of India.
Counted as a country, Nunavut would rank 13th by area and 214th by population.

Side by side

	Greenland	Nunavut
Is a	CountryNorth America	TerritoryCanada
Area, measured	2,154,000 km²832,000 mi²	2,080,000 km²803,000 mi²
Official area	2,166,000 km²Wikidata	2,039,000 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	12th of 239worldwide	1st of 13in Canada
Population	57,000Wikidata, 2023	37,000Wikidata, 2021
Rank by population	203rd of 237worldwide	13th of 13in Canada
Density	0.03 per km²	0.02 per km²
Capital	Nuuk	Iqaluit
Latitude range	60°N to 84°N	52°N to 83°N

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 2,166,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,154,000 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 2,080,000 km² is 2.0% above Wikidata's official figure of 2,039,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-12

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