New South Wales is 1.23× the size of Saskatchewan

What fits

• Saskatchewan is 81% of the size of New South Wales.
• New South Wales is larger by 151,000 km² (58,300 mi²), which is 23% of the area of Saskatchewan.
• Measured in Belgiums: New South Wales is about 26.1, Saskatchewan about 21.2.

How they differ

• New South Wales also has the larger population: 8.5 million against 1.1 million, 7.55× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 11 in New South Wales against 1.7 in Saskatchewan: New South Wales is 6.12× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 13,900 km apart.
• On a standard web map Saskatchewan looks larger than New South Wales: New South Wales at 32°S is drawn about 1.4× too large and Saskatchewan at 54°N about 2.9×, so the map shows Saskatchewan as 1.70× the size of New South Wales, when New South Wales is 1.23× the size of Saskatchewan.
• Together New South Wales and Saskatchewan cover 1,453,000 km², close to the size of Mongolia (1,565,000 km², 7.7% bigger).
• The gap between them, 151,000 km², is about the size of Nepal (147,000 km²).
• At Saskatchewan's density, New South Wales would have 1.4 million people (it has 8.5 million). At New South Wales's density, Saskatchewan would have 6.9 million (it has 1.1 million).
• Saskatchewan's centre is 86.4° of latitude, about 9,600 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.
• Saskatchewan is the 8th largest of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and covers 6.5% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
• Saskatchewan lies about 86° of latitude (roughly 9,600 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 Saskatchewan about 574,720 m².
• Laid side by side, New South Wales and Saskatchewan would cover 1,453,000 km², 93% of the size of Mongolia.
• Together they have 9.7 million people, about as many people as Hungary.

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 652,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 651,000 km², to within 2%.

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