Saskatchewan is 1.01× the size of Afghanistan

What fits

• Afghanistan is 99% of the size of Saskatchewan.
• Saskatchewan is larger by 8,690 km² (3,350 mi²), which is 1.4% of the area of Afghanistan.
• Measured in Belgiums: Saskatchewan is about 21.2, Afghanistan about 20.9.

How they differ

• Saskatchewan is larger, but Afghanistan has the larger population: 41.5 million against 1.1 million, 36.6× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 65 in Afghanistan against 1.7 in Saskatchewan: Afghanistan is 37.1× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 10,200 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Saskatchewan at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Afghanistan at 34°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Saskatchewan as 2.04× the size of Afghanistan instead of 1.01×.
• Together Saskatchewan and Afghanistan cover 1,293,000 km², close to the size of Peru (1,290,000 km², 0.2% smaller).
• The gap between them, 8,690 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
• At Afghanistan's density, Saskatchewan would have 42.0 million people (it has 1.1 million). At Saskatchewan's density, Afghanistan would have 1.1 million (it has 41.5 million).
• Saskatchewan's centre is 20.4° of latitude, about 2,270 km, farther north than Afghanistan's.
• Saskatchewan is the 8th largest of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and covers 6.5% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
• Afghanistan ranks 42nd of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Saskatchewan lies about 20° of latitude (roughly 2,270 km) north of Afghanistan.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Saskatchewan would have about 574,720 m² and each person in Afghanistan about 15,490 m².
• Laid side by side, Saskatchewan and Afghanistan would cover 1,293,000 km², about the same size as Peru.
• Together they have 42.6 million people, 1.03× as many people as Ukraine.
• Counted as a country, Saskatchewan would rank 41st by area and 162nd by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2023. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 652,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 651,000 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 652,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 642,000 km², to within 2%.

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