Nunavut is 1.20× the size of Queensland

What fits

• Queensland is 83% of the size of Nunavut.
• Nunavut is larger by 350,000 km² (135,000 mi²), which is 20% of the area of Queensland.
• Measured in Belgiums: Nunavut is about 67.8, Queensland about 56.4.

How they differ

• Nunavut is larger, but Queensland has the larger population: 5.6 million against 37,000, 152× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 3.2 in Queensland against 0.0 in Nunavut: Queensland is 183× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 13,700 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Nunavut at 70°N is drawn about 8.3× too large and Queensland at 23°S about 1.2×, so the map shows Nunavut as 8.49× the size of Queensland instead of 1.20×.
• Together Nunavut and Queensland cover 3,810,000 km², close to the size of India (3,151,000 km², 17% smaller).
• The gap between them, 350,000 km², is about the size of Republic of the Congo (345,000 km²).
• At Queensland's density, Nunavut would have 6.8 million people (it has 37,000). At Nunavut's density, Queensland would have 31,000 (it has 5.6 million).
• Nunavut's centre is 92.2° of latitude, about 10,250 km, farther north than Queensland'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.
• Queensland is the 2nd largest of the 8 states and territories of Australia and covers 22% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
• Nunavut lies about 92° of latitude (roughly 10,200 km) north of Queensland, 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 Queensland about 307,920 m².
• Laid side by side, Nunavut and Queensland would cover 3,810,000 km², 1.21× the size of India.
• Together they have 5.7 million people, about as many people as Finland.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2024. 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 1,730,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,730,000 km², to within 2%.

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