Nunavut is 1.08× the size of Saudi Arabia

What fits

• Saudi Arabia is 92% of the size of Nunavut.
• Nunavut is larger by 158,000 km² (61,100 mi²), which is 8.2% of the area of Saudi Arabia.
• Measured in Belgiums: Nunavut is about 67.8, Saudi Arabia about 62.7.

How they differ

• Nunavut is larger, but Saudi Arabia has the larger population: 33.0 million against 37,000, 895× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 17 in Saudi Arabia against 0.0 in Nunavut: Saudi Arabia is 969× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 9,000 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Nunavut at 70°N is drawn about 8.3× too large and Saudi Arabia at 24°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Nunavut as 7.46× the size of Saudi Arabia instead of 1.08×.
• Together Nunavut and Saudi Arabia cover 4,002,000 km², close to the size of India (3,151,000 km², 21% smaller).
• The gap between them, 158,000 km², is about the size of Tunisia (157,000 km²).
• At Saudi Arabia's density, Nunavut would have 35.7 million people (it has 37,000). At Nunavut's density, Saudi Arabia would have 34,000 (it has 33.0 million).
• Nunavut's centre is 45.6° of latitude, about 5,070 km, farther north than Saudi Arabia'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.
• Saudi Arabia ranks 15th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Nunavut lies about 46° of latitude (roughly 5,070 km) north of Saudi Arabia.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Nunavut would have about 56,430,200 m² and each person in Saudi Arabia about 58,230 m².
• Laid side by side, Nunavut and Saudi Arabia would cover 4,002,000 km², 1.27× the size of India.
• Together they have 33.0 million people, about as many people as Ghana.
• Counted as a country, Nunavut would rank 13th by area and 214th by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2018. 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 1,922,000 km² is 15% below Wikidata's official figure of 2,250,000 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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