Namibia is 1.03× the size of New South Wales

What fits

• New South Wales is 97% of the size of Namibia.
• Namibia is larger by 20,800 km² (8,020 mi²), which is 2.6% of the area of New South Wales.
• Measured in Belgiums: Namibia is about 26.8, New South Wales about 26.1.

How they differ

• Namibia is larger, but New South Wales has the larger population: 8.5 million against 2.5 million, 3.37× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 11 in New South Wales against 3.1 in Namibia: New South Wales is 3.46× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 12,000 km apart.
• On a standard web map New South Wales looks larger than Namibia: Namibia at 22°S is drawn about 1.2× too large and New South Wales at 32°S about 1.4×, so the map shows New South Wales as 1.17× the size of Namibia, when Namibia is 1.03× the size of New South Wales.
• Together Namibia and New South Wales cover 1,625,000 km², close to the size of Libya (1,624,000 km², 0.1% smaller).
• The gap between them, 20,800 km², is about the size of El Salvador (20,500 km²).
• At New South Wales's density, Namibia would have 8.8 million people (it has 2.5 million). At Namibia's density, New South Wales would have 2.5 million (it has 8.5 million).
• Namibia's centre is 10.1° of latitude, about 1,120 km, farther north than New South Wales's.
• Namibia ranks 36th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• New South Wales is the 5th largest of the 8 states and territories of Australia and covers 10% of its area; it is the 3rd most densely populated of them.
• Namibia lies about 10° of latitude (roughly 1,120 km) north of New South Wales.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Namibia would have about 324,700 m² and each person in New South Wales about 93,850 m².
• Laid side by side, Namibia and New South Wales would cover 1,625,000 km², about the same size as Libya.
• Together they have 11.1 million people, about as many people as Somalia.
• Counted as a country, New South Wales would rank 36th by area and 100th by population.

Side by side

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

• Wikidata's official figure of 826,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 823,000 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 801,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 802,000 km², to within 2%.

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