New South Wales is 1.21× the size of Alberta

What fits

• Alberta is 83% of the size of New South Wales.
• New South Wales is larger by 138,000 km² (53,400 mi²), which is 21% of the area of Alberta.
• Measured in Belgiums: New South Wales is about 26.1, Alberta about 21.6.

How they differ

• New South Wales also has the larger population: 8.5 million against 4.3 million, 2.00× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 11 in New South Wales against 6.4 in Alberta: New South Wales is 1.66× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 13,400 km apart.
• On a standard web map Alberta looks larger than New South Wales: New South Wales at 32°S is drawn about 1.4× too large and Alberta at 55°N about 3.0×, so the map shows Alberta as 1.80× the size of New South Wales, when New South Wales is 1.21× the size of Alberta.
• Together New South Wales and Alberta cover 1,466,000 km², close to the size of Mongolia (1,565,000 km², 6.8% bigger).
• The gap between them, 138,000 km², is about the size of Bangladesh (137,000 km²).
• At Alberta's density, New South Wales would have 5.2 million people (it has 8.5 million). At New South Wales's density, Alberta would have 7.1 million (it has 4.3 million).
• Alberta's centre is 87.1° of latitude, about 9,690 km, farther north than New South Wales's.
• 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.
• Alberta is the 6th largest of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and covers 6.7% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
• Alberta lies about 87° of latitude (roughly 9,690 km) north of New South Wales, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in New South Wales would have about 93,850 m² and each person in Alberta about 155,710 m².
• Laid side by side, New South Wales and Alberta would cover 1,466,000 km², 94% of the size of Mongolia.
• Together they have 12.8 million people, about as many people as South Sudan.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 801,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 802,000 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 662,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 664,000 km², to within 2%.

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