Saarland is 1.13× the size of Australian Capital Territory

What fits

• Australian Capital Territory is 89% of the size of Saarland.
• Saarland is larger by 305 km² (118 mi²), which is 13% of the area of Australian Capital Territory.
• Measured in Belgiums: Saarland is about 0.09, Australian Capital Territory about 0.08.

How they differ

• Saarland also has the larger population: 1.0 million against 482,000, 2.09× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 379 in Saarland against 205 in Australian Capital Territory: Saarland is 1.85× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 16,600 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Saarland at 49°N is drawn about 2.4× too large and Australian Capital Territory at 35°S about 1.5×, so the map shows Saarland as 1.77× the size of Australian Capital Territory instead of 1.13×.
• Together Saarland and Australian Capital Territory cover 5,000 km², close to the size of Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km², 2.4% bigger).
• The gap between them, 305 km², is about the size of Malta (326 km²).
• At Australian Capital Territory's density, Saarland would have 544,000 people (it has 1.0 million). At Saarland's density, Australian Capital Territory would have 891,000 (it has 482,000).
• Saarland's centre is 84.9° of latitude, about 9,440 km, farther north than Australian Capital Territory's.
• Saarland is the 13th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 0.7% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
• Australian Capital Territory is the 8th largest of the 8 states and territories of Australia and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
• Saarland lies about 85° of latitude (roughly 9,440 km) north of Australian Capital Territory, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Saarland would have about 2,640 m² and each person in Australian Capital Territory about 4,880 m².
• Laid side by side, Saarland and Australian Capital Territory would cover 5,000 km², about the same size as Trinidad and Tobago.
• Together they have 1.5 million people, 1.06× as many people as East Timor.
• Australian Capital Territory is drawn from 52 points: at a size under 2,500 km² the outline is a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2024. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Our measured 2,650 km² is 3.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 2,570 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
• Wikidata's official figure of 2,360 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,350 km², to within 2%.

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