South Australia is 1.04× the size of British Columbia

What fits

• British Columbia is 96% of the size of South Australia.
• South Australia is larger by 38,300 km² (14,800 mi²), which is 4.0% of the area of British Columbia.
• Measured in Belgiums: South Australia is about 32.1, British Columbia about 30.8.

How they differ

• South Australia is larger, but British Columbia has the larger population: 5.0 million against 1.9 million, 2.64× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 5.3 in British Columbia against 1.9 in South Australia: British Columbia is 2.75× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 13,300 km apart.
• On a standard web map British Columbia looks larger than South Australia: South Australia at 30°S is drawn about 1.3× too large and British Columbia at 55°N about 3.0×, so the map shows British Columbia as 2.14× the size of South Australia, when South Australia is 1.04× the size of British Columbia.
• Together South Australia and British Columbia cover 1,929,000 km², close to the size of Saudi Arabia (1,922,000 km², 0.4% smaller).
• The gap between them, 38,300 km², is about the size of Netherlands (37,100 km²).
• At British Columbia's density, South Australia would have 5.2 million people (it has 1.9 million). At South Australia's density, British Columbia would have 1.8 million (it has 5.0 million).
• British Columbia's centre is 84.6° of latitude, about 9,410 km, farther north than South Australia's.
• South Australia is the 4th largest of the 8 states and territories of Australia and covers 13% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
• British Columbia is the 5th largest of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and covers 9.5% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
• British Columbia lies about 85° of latitude (roughly 9,410 km) north of South Australia, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in South Australia would have about 520,100 m² and each person in British Columbia about 189,090 m².
• Laid side by side, South Australia and British Columbia would cover 1,929,000 km², about the same size as Saudi Arabia.
• Together they have 6.9 million people, about as many people as Laos.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 984,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 984,000 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 945,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 946,000 km², to within 2%.

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