Northwest Territories is 1.08× the size of Angola
Northwest Territories (territory of Canada) covers about 1,348,000 km² (521,000 mi²) and Angola (Africa) about 1,245,000 km² (481,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 1,348,000km²Northwest Territories
- 1,245,000km²Angola
500 km
- Northwest Territories
- Angola
What fits
- Angola is 92% of the size of Northwest Territories.
- Northwest Territories is larger by 104,000 km² (40,000 mi²), which is 8.3% of the area of Angola.
- Measured in Belgiums: Northwest Territories is about 44.0, Angola about 40.6.
How they differ
- Northwest Territories is larger, but Angola has the larger population: 36.7 million against 41,000, 895× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 30 in Angola against 0.0 in Northwest Territories: Angola is 969× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 13,200 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Northwest Territories at 66°N is drawn about 5.9× too large and Angola at 12°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Northwest Territories as 6.13× the size of Angola instead of 1.08×.
- Together Northwest Territories and Angola cover 2,593,000 km², close to the size of Kazakhstan (2,714,000 km², 4.7% bigger).
- The gap between them, 104,000 km², is about the size of Iceland (102,000 km²).
- At Angola's density, Northwest Territories would have 39.8 million people (it has 41,000). At Northwest Territories's density, Angola would have 38,000 (it has 36.7 million).
- Northwest Territories's centre is 78.0° of latitude, about 8,670 km, farther north than Angola's.
- 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.
- Angola ranks 24th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Northwest Territories lies about 78° of latitude (roughly 8,670 km) north of Angola, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Northwest Territories would have about 32,831,160 m² and each person in Angola about 33,870 m².
- Laid side by side, Northwest Territories and Angola would cover 2,593,000 km², 96% of the size of Kazakhstan.
- Together they have 36.8 million people, about as many people as Morocco.
- Counted as a country, Northwest Territories would rank 20th by area and 211th by population.
Side by side
| Northwest Territories | Angola | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | TerritoryCanada | CountryAfrica |
| Area, measured | 1,348,000 km²521,000 mi² | 1,245,000 km²481,000 mi² |
| Official area | 1,346,000 km²Wikidata | 1,247,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 3rd of 13in Canada | 23rd of 239worldwide |
| Population | 41,000Wikidata, 2021 | 36.7 millionWikidata, 2023 |
| Rank by population | 11th of 13in Canada | 41st of 237worldwide |
| Density | 0.03 per km² | 30 per km² |
| Capital | Yellowknife | Luanda |
| Latitude range | 60°N to 79°N | 18°S to 4°S |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2023. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 1,346,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,348,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 1,247,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,245,000 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
- Drawing
- Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12
