Newfoundland and Labrador is 1.79× the size of Roraima

What fits

• Roraima is 56% of the size of Newfoundland and Labrador.
• Newfoundland and Labrador is larger by 179,000 km² (68,900 mi²), which is 79% of the area of Roraima.
• Measured in Belgiums: Newfoundland and Labrador is about 13.2, Roraima about 7.33.

How they differ

• Newfoundland and Labrador is larger, but Roraima has the larger population: 637,000 against 511,000, 1.25× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 2.8 in Roraima against 1.3 in Newfoundland and Labrador: Roraima is 2.24× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 5,640 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Newfoundland and Labrador at 53°N is drawn about 2.7× too large and Roraima at 2°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Newfoundland and Labrador as 4.89× the size of Roraima instead of 1.79×.
• Together Newfoundland and Labrador and Roraima cover 628,000 km², close to the size of South Sudan (627,000 km², 0.2% smaller).
• The gap between them, 179,000 km², is about the size of Uruguay (177,000 km²).
• At Roraima's density, Newfoundland and Labrador would have 1.1 million people (it has 511,000). At Newfoundland and Labrador's density, Roraima would have 284,000 (it has 637,000).
• Newfoundland and Labrador's centre is 50.7° of latitude, about 5,630 km, farther north than Roraima'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.
• Roraima is the 14th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 2.7% of its area; it is the 26th most densely populated of them.
• Newfoundland and Labrador lies about 51° of latitude (roughly 5,630 km) north of Roraima.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Newfoundland and Labrador would have about 789,980 m² and each person in Roraima about 352,980 m².
• Laid side by side, Newfoundland and Labrador and Roraima would cover 628,000 km², about the same size as South Sudan.
• Together they have 1.1 million people, about as many people as Djibouti.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2022. 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 224,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 225,000 km², to within 2%.

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