Luxembourg is 1.11× the size of Australian Capital Territory

What fits

• Australian Capital Territory is 90% of the size of Luxembourg.
• Luxembourg is larger by 259 km² (100 mi²), which is 11% of the area of Australian Capital Territory.
• Measured in Belgiums: Luxembourg is about 0.09, Australian Capital Territory about 0.08.

How they differ

• Luxembourg also has the larger population: 691,000 against 482,000, 1.43× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 265 in Luxembourg against 205 in Australian Capital Territory: Luxembourg is 1.29× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 16,600 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Luxembourg at 50°N is drawn about 2.4× too large and Australian Capital Territory at 35°S about 1.5×, so the map shows Luxembourg as 1.76× the size of Australian Capital Territory instead of 1.11×.
• Together Luxembourg and Australian Capital Territory cover 4,960 km², close to the size of Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km², 3.3% bigger).
• The gap between them, 259 km², is about the size of Saint Kitts and Nevis (264 km²).
• At Australian Capital Territory's density, Luxembourg would have 535,000 people (it has 691,000). At Luxembourg's density, Australian Capital Territory would have 622,000 (it has 482,000).
• Luxembourg's centre is 85.3° of latitude, about 9,480 km, farther north than Australian Capital Territory's.
• Luxembourg ranks 181st 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.
• Luxembourg lies about 85° of latitude (roughly 9,480 km) north of Australian Capital Territory, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Luxembourg would have about 3,780 m² and each person in Australian Capital Territory about 4,880 m².
• Laid side by side, Luxembourg and Australian Capital Territory would cover 4,960 km², 97% of the size of Trinidad and Tobago.
• Together they have 1.2 million people, about as many people as Djibouti.
• 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 2026 and Wikidata 2024. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 2,590 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,610 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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