Nunavut is 1.33× the size of Amazonas

What fits

• Amazonas is 75% of the size of Nunavut.
• Nunavut is larger by 514,000 km² (199,000 mi²), which is 33% of the area of Amazonas.
• Measured in Belgiums: Nunavut is about 67.8, Amazonas about 51.0.

How they differ

• Nunavut is larger, but Amazonas has the larger population: 3.9 million against 37,000, 107× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 2.5 in Amazonas against 0.0 in Nunavut: Amazonas is 142× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 8,440 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Nunavut at 70°N is drawn about 8.3× too large and Amazonas at 4°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Nunavut as 10.9× the size of Amazonas instead of 1.33×.
• Together Nunavut and Amazonas cover 3,645,000 km², close to the size of India (3,151,000 km², 14% smaller).
• The gap between them, 514,000 km², is about the size of Thailand (514,000 km²).
• At Amazonas's density, Nunavut would have 5.2 million people (it has 37,000). At Nunavut's density, Amazonas would have 28,000 (it has 3.9 million).
• Nunavut's centre is 73.8° of latitude, about 8,210 km, farther north than Amazonas'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.
• Amazonas is the largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 18% of its area; it is the 27th most densely populated of them.
• Nunavut lies about 74° of latitude (roughly 8,210 km) north of Amazonas, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Nunavut would have about 56,430,200 m² and each person in Amazonas about 397,150 m².
• Laid side by side, Nunavut and Amazonas would cover 3,645,000 km², 1.16× the size of India.
• Together they have 4.0 million people, about as many people as Georgia.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2022. 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.
• Wikidata's official figure of 1,559,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,565,000 km², to within 2%.

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