Queensland is 1.15× the size of Alaska

What fits

• Alaska is 87% of the size of Queensland.
• Queensland is larger by 225,000 km² (86,800 mi²), which is 15% of the area of Alaska.
• Measured in Belgiums: Queensland is about 56.4, Alaska about 49.1.

How they differ

• Queensland also has the larger population: 5.6 million against 733,000, 7.66× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 3.2 in Queensland against 0.5 in Alaska: Queensland is 6.67× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 11,000 km apart.
• On a standard web map Alaska looks larger than Queensland: Queensland at 23°S is drawn about 1.2× too large and Alaska at 64°N about 5.2×, so the map shows Alaska as 3.86× the size of Queensland, when Queensland is 1.15× the size of Alaska.
• Together Queensland and Alaska cover 3,235,000 km², close to the size of India (3,151,000 km², 2.6% smaller).
• The gap between them, 225,000 km², is about the size of Laos (228,000 km²).
• At Alaska's density, Queensland would have 843,000 people (it has 5.6 million). At Queensland's density, Alaska would have 4.9 million (it has 733,000).
• Alaska's centre is 86.5° of latitude, about 9,620 km, farther north than Queensland's.
• 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.
• Alaska is the largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 16% of its area; it is the 51st most densely populated of them.
• Alaska lies about 86° of latitude (roughly 9,620 km) north of Queensland, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Queensland would have about 307,920 m² and each person in Alaska about 2,052,560 m².
• Laid side by side, Queensland and Alaska would cover 3,235,000 km², about the same size as India.
• Together they have 6.4 million people, about as many people as Bulgaria.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 1,730,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,730,000 km², to within 2%.
• Our measured 1,505,000 km² is 12% below Wikidata's official figure of 1,718,000 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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