Newfoundland and Labrador is 1.28× the size of New Mexico

What fits

• New Mexico is 78% of the size of Newfoundland and Labrador.
• Newfoundland and Labrador is larger by 88,200 km² (34,100 mi²), which is 28% of the area of New Mexico.
• Measured in Belgiums: Newfoundland and Labrador is about 13.2, New Mexico about 10.3.

How they differ

• Newfoundland and Labrador is larger, but New Mexico has the larger population: 2.1 million against 511,000, 4.15× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 6.7 in New Mexico against 1.3 in Newfoundland and Labrador: New Mexico is 5.31× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 4,130 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Newfoundland and Labrador at 53°N is drawn about 2.7× too large and New Mexico at 34°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Newfoundland and Labrador as 2.38× the size of New Mexico instead of 1.28×.
• Together Newfoundland and Labrador and New Mexico cover 718,000 km², close to the size of Chile (736,000 km², 2.5% bigger).
• The gap between them, 88,200 km², is about the size of Jordan (88,900 km²).
• At New Mexico's density, Newfoundland and Labrador would have 2.7 million people (it has 511,000). At Newfoundland and Labrador's density, New Mexico would have 399,000 (it has 2.1 million).
• Newfoundland and Labrador's centre is 18.3° of latitude, about 2,040 km, farther north than New Mexico'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.
• New Mexico is the 5th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 3.3% of its area; it is the 46th most densely populated of them.
• Newfoundland and Labrador lies about 18° of latitude (roughly 2,040 km) north of New Mexico.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Newfoundland and Labrador would have about 789,980 m² and each person in New Mexico about 148,790 m².
• Laid side by side, Newfoundland and Labrador and New Mexico would cover 718,000 km², about the same size as Chile.
• Together they have 2.6 million people, about as many people as Qatar.

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%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 315,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 315,000 km², to within 2%.

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