Quebec is 1.12× the size of Northern Territory

What fits

• Northern Territory is 90% of the size of Quebec.
• Quebec is larger by 157,000 km² (60,600 mi²), which is 12% of the area of Northern Territory.
• Measured in Belgiums: Quebec is about 49.1, Northern Territory about 44.0.

How they differ

• Quebec also has the larger population: 8.5 million against 262,000, 32.4× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 5.6 in Quebec against 0.2 in Northern Territory: Quebec is 29.0× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 15,700 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Quebec at 53°N is drawn about 2.8× too large and Northern Territory at 19°S about 1.1×, so the map shows Quebec as 2.75× the size of Northern Territory instead of 1.12×.
• Together Quebec and Northern Territory cover 2,854,000 km², close to the size of Argentina (2,783,000 km², 2.5% smaller).
• The gap between them, 157,000 km², is about the size of Tunisia (157,000 km²).
• At Northern Territory's density, Quebec would have 293,000 people (it has 8.5 million). At Quebec's density, Northern Territory would have 7.6 million (it has 262,000).
• Quebec's centre is 72.4° of latitude, about 8,050 km, farther north than Northern Territory'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.
• Northern Territory is the 3rd largest of the 8 states and territories of Australia and covers 18% of its area; it is the 8th most densely populated of them.
• Quebec lies about 72° of latitude (roughly 8,050 km) north of Northern Territory, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Quebec would have about 177,080 m² and each person in Northern Territory about 5,142,900 m².
• Laid side by side, Quebec and Northern Territory would cover 2,854,000 km², about the same size as Argentina.
• Together they have 8.8 million people, about as many people as Papua New Guinea.

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 1,348,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,348,000 km², to within 2%.

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