Saskatchewan is 29.8× the size of Djibouti

What fits

• Djibouti fits inside Saskatchewan about 29.8 times by area.
• Saskatchewan is larger by 629,000 km² (243,000 mi²), which is 2,879% of the area of Djibouti.
• Measured in Belgiums: Saskatchewan is about 21.2, Djibouti about 0.71.

How they differ

• Saskatchewan is larger, but Djibouti has the larger population: 1.2 million against 1.1 million, 1.02× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 53 in Djibouti against 1.7 in Saskatchewan: Djibouti is 30.3× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 12,100 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Saskatchewan at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Djibouti at 12°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Saskatchewan as 83.4× the size of Djibouti instead of 29.8×.
• Together Saskatchewan and Djibouti cover 673,000 km², close to the size of Myanmar (663,000 km², 1.4% smaller).
• The gap between them, 629,000 km², is about the size of South Sudan (627,000 km²).
• At Djibouti's density, Saskatchewan would have 34.3 million people (it has 1.1 million). At Saskatchewan's density, Djibouti would have 38,000 (it has 1.2 million).
• Saskatchewan's centre is 42.4° of latitude, about 4,720 km, farther north than Djibouti'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.
• Djibouti ranks 153rd of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Saskatchewan lies about 42° of latitude (roughly 4,720 km) north of Djibouti.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Saskatchewan would have about 574,720 m² and each person in Djibouti about 18,950 m².
• Laid side by side, Saskatchewan and Djibouti would cover 673,000 km², about the same size as Myanmar.
• Together they have 2.3 million people, 95% as many people as Moldova.
• 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%.
• Our measured 21,800 km² is 5.8% below Wikidata's official figure of 23,200 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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