Northern Territory and Northwest Territories are almost exactly the same size

What fits

• Northwest Territories is 100% of the size of Northern Territory.
• The measured areas differ by 93.0 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
• Measured in Belgiums: Northern Territory is about 44.0, Northwest Territories about 44.0.

How they differ

• Northern Territory also has the larger population: 262,000 against 41,000, 6.38× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 0.2 in Northern Territory against 0.0 in Northwest Territories: Northern Territory is 6.38× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 12,800 km apart.
• On a standard web map Northwest Territories looks larger than Northern Territory: Northern Territory at 19°S is drawn about 1.1× too large and Northwest Territories at 66°N about 5.9×, so the map shows Northwest Territories as 5.27× the size of Northern Territory, when Northern Territory is 1.00× the size of Northwest Territories.
• Together Northern Territory and Northwest Territories cover 2,697,000 km², close to the size of Kazakhstan (2,714,000 km², 0.6% bigger).
• At Northwest Territories's density, Northern Territory would have 41,000 people (it has 262,000). At Northern Territory's density, Northwest Territories would have 262,000 (it has 41,000).
• Northwest Territories's centre is 85.1° of latitude, about 9,460 km, farther north than Northern Territory's.
• Northern Territory is the 3rd largest of the 8 states and territories of Australia and covers 18% of its area; it is the 8th most densely populated of them.
• Northwest Territories is the 3rd largest of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and covers 14% of its area; it is the 12th most densely populated of them.
• Northwest Territories lies about 85° of latitude (roughly 9,460 km) north of Northern Territory, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Northern Territory would have about 5,142,900 m² and each person in Northwest Territories about 32,831,160 m².
• Laid side by side, Northern Territory and Northwest Territories would cover 2,697,000 km², about the same size as Kazakhstan.
• Together they have 303,000 people, about as many people as Vanuatu.

Side by side

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

• Wikidata's official figure of 1,348,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,348,000 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 1,346,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,348,000 km², to within 2%.

More from the same country

• All 8 states and territories of Australiamatched to countries
• All 13 provinces and territories of Canadamatched to countries

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