Northern Territory is 1.11× the size of South Africa

What fits

• South Africa is 90% of the size of Northern Territory.
• Northern Territory is larger by 129,000 km² (49,800 mi²), which is 11% of the area of South Africa.
• Measured in Belgiums: Northern Territory is about 44.0, South Africa about 39.8.

How they differ

• Northern Territory is larger, but South Africa has the larger population: 62.0 million against 262,000, 237× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 51 in South Africa against 0.2 in Northern Territory: South Africa is 262× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 10,600 km apart.
• On a standard web map South Africa looks larger than Northern Territory: Northern Territory at 19°S is drawn about 1.1× too large and South Africa at 29°S about 1.3×, so the map shows South Africa as 1.05× the size of Northern Territory, when Northern Territory is 1.11× the size of South Africa.
• Together Northern Territory and South Africa cover 2,568,000 km², close to the size of Kazakhstan (2,714,000 km², 5.7% bigger).
• The gap between them, 129,000 km², is about the size of Nicaragua (129,000 km²).
• At South Africa's density, Northern Territory would have 68.6 million people (it has 262,000). At Northern Territory's density, South Africa would have 237,000 (it has 62.0 million).
• Northern Territory's centre is 9.6° of latitude, about 1,070 km, farther north than South Africa'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.
• South Africa ranks 25th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Northern Territory lies about 10° of latitude (roughly 1,070 km) north of South Africa.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Northern Territory would have about 5,142,900 m² and each person in South Africa about 19,670 m².
• Laid side by side, Northern Territory and South Africa would cover 2,568,000 km², 95% of the size of Kazakhstan.
• Together they have 62.3 million people, 1.06× as many people as Italy.
• Counted as a country, Northern Territory would rank 20th by area and 182nd by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2022. 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 1,221,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,220,000 km², to within 2%.

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