Newfoundland and Labrador is 103× the size of Cape Verde

What fits

• Cape Verde fits inside Newfoundland and Labrador about 103 times by area.
• Newfoundland and Labrador is larger by 399,000 km² (154,000 mi²), which is 10,171% of the area of Cape Verde.
• Measured in Belgiums: Newfoundland and Labrador is about 13.2, Cape Verde about 0.13.

How they differ

• Newfoundland and Labrador is larger, but Cape Verde has the larger population: 556,000 against 511,000, 1.09× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 142 in Cape Verde against 1.3 in Newfoundland and Labrador: Cape Verde is 112× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 5,170 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Newfoundland and Labrador at 53°N is drawn about 2.7× too large and Cape Verde at 16°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Newfoundland and Labrador as 259× the size of Cape Verde instead of 103×.
• Together Newfoundland and Labrador and Cape Verde cover 407,000 km², close to the size of Paraguay (400,000 km², 1.8% smaller).
• The gap between them, 399,000 km², is about the size of Paraguay (400,000 km²).
• At Cape Verde's density, Newfoundland and Labrador would have 57.1 million people (it has 511,000). At Newfoundland and Labrador's density, Cape Verde would have 4,970 (it has 556,000).
• Newfoundland and Labrador's centre is 36.8° of latitude, about 4,090 km, farther north than Cape Verde's.
• Newfoundland and Labrador is the 10th largest of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and covers 4.1% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
• Cape Verde ranks 176th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Newfoundland and Labrador lies about 37° of latitude (roughly 4,090 km) north of Cape Verde.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Newfoundland and Labrador would have about 789,980 m² and each person in Cape Verde about 7,060 m².
• Laid side by side, Newfoundland and Labrador and Cape Verde would cover 407,000 km², about the same size as Paraguay.
• Together they have 1.1 million people, 93% as many people as Djibouti.
• Counted as a country, Newfoundland and Labrador would rank 60th by area and 173rd by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 405,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 403,000 km², to within 2%.
• Our measured 3,930 km² is 2.6% below Wikidata's official figure of 4,030 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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