Northwest Territories is 1.10× the size of Pará
Northwest Territories (territory of Canada) covers about 1,348,000 km² (521,000 mi²) and Pará (state of Brazil) about 1,231,000 km² (475,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 1,348,000km²Northwest Territories
- 1,231,000km²Pará
500 km
- Northwest Territories
- Pará
What fits
- Pará is 91% of the size of Northwest Territories.
- Northwest Territories is larger by 118,000 km² (45,400 mi²), which is 9.6% of the area of Pará.
- Measured in Belgiums: Northwest Territories is about 44.0, Pará about 40.1.
How they differ
- Northwest Territories is larger, but Pará has the larger population: 8.1 million against 41,000, 198× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 6.6 in Pará against 0.0 in Northwest Territories: Pará is 217× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,320 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Northwest Territories at 66°N is drawn about 5.9× too large and Pará at 4°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Northwest Territories as 6.46× the size of Pará instead of 1.10×.
- Together Northwest Territories and Pará cover 2,579,000 km², close to the size of Kazakhstan (2,714,000 km², 5.2% bigger).
- The gap between them, 118,000 km², is about the size of Benin (116,000 km²).
- At Pará's density, Northwest Territories would have 8.9 million people (it has 41,000). At Northwest Territories's density, Pará would have 37,000 (it has 8.1 million).
- Northwest Territories's centre is 69.8° of latitude, about 7,760 km, farther north than Pará'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.
- Pará is the 2nd largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 15% of its area; it is the 21st most densely populated of them.
- Northwest Territories lies about 70° of latitude (roughly 7,760 km) north of Pará, 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 Pará about 151,560 m².
- Laid side by side, Northwest Territories and Pará would cover 2,579,000 km², 95% of the size of Kazakhstan.
- Together they have 8.2 million people, about as many people as Honduras.
Side by side
| Northwest Territories | Pará | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | TerritoryCanada | StateBrazil |
| Area, measured | 1,348,000 km²521,000 mi² | 1,231,000 km²475,000 mi² |
| Official area | 1,346,000 km²Wikidata | 1,246,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 3rd of 13in Canada | 2nd of 27in Brazil |
| Population | 41,000Wikidata, 2021 | 8.1 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 11th of 13in Canada | 9th of 27in Brazil |
| Density | 0.03 per km² | 6.6 per km² |
| Capital | Yellowknife | Belém |
| Latitude range | 60°N to 79°N | 10°S to 3°N |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2022. 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 1,246,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,231,000 km², to within 2%.
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Similar in size to Pará
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, 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
