Nunavut is 1.38× the size of Alaska

What fits

• Alaska is 72% of the size of Nunavut.
• Nunavut is larger by 575,000 km² (222,000 mi²), which is 38% of the area of Alaska.
• Measured in Belgiums: Nunavut is about 67.8, Alaska about 49.1.

How they differ

• Nunavut is larger, but Alaska has the larger population: 733,000 against 37,000, 19.9× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 0.5 in Alaska against 0.0 in Nunavut: Alaska is 27.5× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 2,660 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Nunavut at 70°N is drawn about 8.3× too large and Alaska at 64°N about 5.2×, so the map shows Nunavut as 2.20× the size of Alaska instead of 1.38×.
• Together Nunavut and Alaska cover 3,585,000 km², close to the size of India (3,151,000 km², 12% smaller).
• The gap between them, 575,000 km², is about the size of Ukraine (572,000 km²).
• At Alaska's density, Nunavut would have 1.0 million people (it has 37,000). At Nunavut's density, Alaska would have 27,000 (it has 733,000).
• Nunavut's centre is 5.7° of latitude, about 630 km, farther north than Alaska's.
• Nunavut is the largest of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and covers 21% of its area; it is the 13th most densely populated of them.
• Alaska is the largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 16% of its area; it is the 51st most densely populated of them.
• Nunavut lies about 6° of latitude (roughly 630 km) north of Alaska.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Nunavut would have about 56,430,200 m² and each person in Alaska about 2,052,560 m².
• Laid side by side, Nunavut and Alaska would cover 3,585,000 km², 1.14× the size of India.
• Together they have 770,000 people, about as many people as Bhutan.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Our measured 2,080,000 km² is 2.0% above Wikidata's official figure of 2,039,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
• Our measured 1,505,000 km² is 12% below Wikidata's official figure of 1,718,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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