Quebec is 17.9× the size of Austria
Quebec (province of Canada) covers about 1,506,000 km² (581,000 mi²) and Austria (Europe) about 84,000 km² (32,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 1,506,000km²Quebec
- 84,000km²Austria
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- Quebec
- Austria
What fits
- Austria fits inside Quebec about 17.9 times by area.
- Quebec is larger by 1,422,000 km² (549,000 mi²), which is 1,692% of the area of Austria.
- Measured in Belgiums: Quebec is about 49.1, Austria about 2.74.
How they differ
- Quebec is larger, but Austria has the larger population: 9.0 million against 8.5 million, 1.06× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 107 in Austria against 5.6 in Quebec: Austria is 18.9× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 5,760 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Quebec at 53°N is drawn about 2.8× too large and Austria at 48°N about 2.2×, so the map shows Quebec as 22.5× the size of Austria instead of 17.9×.
- Together Quebec and Austria cover 1,590,000 km², close to the size of Mongolia (1,565,000 km², 1.6% smaller).
- The gap between them, 1,422,000 km², is about the size of Mongolia (1,565,000 km²).
- At Austria's density, Quebec would have 161.0 million people (it has 8.5 million). At Quebec's density, Austria would have 474,000 (it has 9.0 million).
- Quebec's centre is 5.4° of latitude, about 600 km, farther north than Austria's.
- Quebec is the 2nd largest of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and covers 15% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
- Austria ranks 116th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Quebec lies about 5° of latitude (roughly 605 km) north of Austria.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Quebec would have about 177,080 m² and each person in Austria about 9,350 m².
- Laid side by side, Quebec and Austria would cover 1,590,000 km², about the same size as Mongolia.
- Together they have 17.5 million people, about as many people as Guinea.
- Counted as a country, Quebec would rank 20th by area and 100th by population.
Side by side
| Quebec | Austria | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | ProvinceCanada | CountryEurope |
| Area, measured | 1,506,000 km²581,000 mi² | 84,000 km²32,400 mi² |
| Official area | 1,542,000 km²Wikidata | 83,900 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 2nd of 13in Canada | 115th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 8.5 millionWikidata, 2021 | 9.0 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 2nd of 13in Canada | 98th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 5.6 per km² | 107 per km² |
| Capital | Quebec City | Vienna |
| Latitude range | 45°N to 63°N | 46°N to 49°N |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 1,506,000 km² is 2.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 1,542,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Wikidata's official figure of 83,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 84,000 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
- Drawing
- Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12