Northern Territory is 1.05× the size of Peru

What fits

• Peru is 96% of the size of Northern Territory.
• Northern Territory is larger by 58,600 km² (22,600 mi²), which is 4.5% of the area of Peru.
• Measured in Belgiums: Northern Territory is about 44.0, Peru about 42.1.

How they differ

• Northern Territory is larger, but Peru has the larger population: 34.2 million against 262,000, 130× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 26 in Peru against 0.2 in Northern Territory: Peru is 136× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 15,600 km apart.
• Together Northern Territory and Peru cover 2,638,000 km², close to the size of Kazakhstan (2,714,000 km², 2.9% bigger).
• The gap between them, 58,600 km², is about the size of Togo (56,900 km²).
• At Peru's density, Northern Territory would have 35.7 million people (it has 262,000). At Northern Territory's density, Peru would have 251,000 (it has 34.2 million).
• Peru's centre is 10.2° of latitude, about 1,140 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.
• Peru ranks 21st of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Peru lies about 10° of latitude (roughly 1,140 km) north of Northern Territory.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Northern Territory would have about 5,142,900 m² and each person in Peru about 37,760 m².
• Laid side by side, Northern Territory and Peru would cover 2,638,000 km², about the same size as Kazakhstan.
• Together they have 34.4 million people, about as many people as Malaysia.
• Counted as a country, Northern Territory would rank 20th by area and 182nd by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2025. 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 1,285,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,290,000 km², to within 2%.

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