Quebec is 1.88× the size of New South Wales

What fits

• New South Wales is 53% of the size of Quebec.
• Quebec is larger by 704,000 km² (272,000 mi²), which is 88% of the area of New South Wales.
• Measured in Belgiums: Quebec is about 49.1, New South Wales about 26.1.

How they differ

• Quebec is larger, but New South Wales has the larger population: 8.5 million against 8.5 million, 1.01× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 11 in New South Wales against 5.6 in Quebec: New South Wales is 1.89× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 16,200 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Quebec at 53°N is drawn about 2.8× too large and New South Wales at 32°S about 1.4×, so the map shows Quebec as 3.72× the size of New South Wales instead of 1.88×.
• Together Quebec and New South Wales cover 2,307,000 km², close to the size of Algeria (2,309,000 km², 0.1% bigger).
• The gap between them, 704,000 km², is about the size of Chile (736,000 km²).
• At New South Wales's density, Quebec would have 16.0 million people (it has 8.5 million). At Quebec's density, New South Wales would have 4.5 million (it has 8.5 million).
• Quebec's centre is 85.2° of latitude, about 9,470 km, farther north than New South Wales'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.
• New South Wales is the 5th largest of the 8 states and territories of Australia and covers 10% of its area; it is the 3rd most densely populated of them.
• Quebec lies about 85° of latitude (roughly 9,470 km) north of New South Wales, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Quebec would have about 177,080 m² and each person in New South Wales about 93,850 m².
• Laid side by side, Quebec and New South Wales would cover 2,307,000 km², about the same size as Algeria.
• Together they have 17.0 million people, about as many people as Ecuador.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2024. 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 801,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 802,000 km², to within 2%.

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