Northwest Territories is 1.11× the size of South Africa

What fits

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

How they differ

• Northwest Territories is larger, but South Africa has the larger population: 62.0 million against 41,000, 1,510× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 51 in South Africa against 0.0 in Northwest Territories: South Africa is 1,669× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 15,200 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Northwest Territories at 66°N is drawn about 5.9× too large and South Africa at 29°S about 1.3×, so the map shows Northwest Territories as 5.01× the size of South Africa instead of 1.11×.
• Together Northwest Territories 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, Northwest Territories would have 68.6 million people (it has 41,000). At Northwest Territories's density, South Africa would have 37,000 (it has 62.0 million).
• Northwest Territories's centre is 94.7° of latitude, about 10,530 km, farther north than South Africa'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.
• South Africa ranks 25th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Northwest Territories lies about 95° of latitude (roughly 10,500 km) north of South Africa, 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 South Africa about 19,670 m².
• Laid side by side, Northwest Territories and South Africa would cover 2,568,000 km², 95% of the size of Kazakhstan.
• Together they have 62.1 million people, 1.05× as many people as Italy.
• Counted as a country, Northwest Territories would rank 20th by area and 211th by population.

Side by side

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 1,221,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,220,000 km², to within 2%.

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