Texas is 1.03× the size of Alberta
Texas (state of the United States) covers about 685,000 km² (265,000 mi²) and Alberta (province of Canada) about 664,000 km² (256,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 685,000km²Texas
- 664,000km²Alberta
200 km
- Texas
- Alberta
What fits
- Alberta is 97% of the size of Texas.
- Texas is larger by 21,600 km² (8,340 mi²), which is 3.3% of the area of Alberta.
- Measured in Belgiums: Texas is about 22.3, Alberta about 21.6.
How they differ
- Texas also has the larger population: 29.1 million against 4.3 million, 6.84× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 43 in Texas against 6.4 in Alberta: Texas is 6.62× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 2,870 km apart.
- On a standard web map Alberta looks larger than Texas: Texas at 31°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Alberta at 55°N about 3.0×, so the map shows Alberta as 2.14× the size of Texas, when Texas is 1.03× the size of Alberta.
- Together Texas and Alberta cover 1,349,000 km², close to the size of Peru (1,290,000 km², 4.4% smaller).
- The gap between them, 21,600 km², is about the size of Djibouti (21,800 km²).
- At Alberta's density, Texas would have 4.4 million people (it has 29.1 million). At Texas's density, Alberta would have 28.2 million (it has 4.3 million).
- Alberta's centre is 23.5° of latitude, about 2,610 km, farther north than Texas's.
- Texas is the 2nd largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 7.2% of its area; it is the 24th most densely populated of them.
- Alberta is the 6th largest of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and covers 6.7% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
- Alberta lies about 24° of latitude (roughly 2,610 km) north of Texas.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Texas would have about 23,510 m² and each person in Alberta about 155,710 m².
- Laid side by side, Texas and Alberta would cover 1,349,000 km², 1.05× the size of Peru.
- Together they have 33.4 million people, about as many people as Saudi Arabia.
Side by side
| Texas | Alberta | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateUnited States | ProvinceCanada |
| Area, measured | 685,000 km²265,000 mi² | 664,000 km²256,000 mi² |
| Official area | 696,000 km²Wikidata | 662,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 2nd of 51in the United States | 6th of 13in Canada |
| Population | 29.1 millionWikidata, 2020 | 4.3 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 2nd of 51in the United States | 4th of 13in Canada |
| Density | 43 per km² | 6.4 per km² |
| Capital | Austin | Edmonton |
| Latitude range | 26°N to 37°N | 49°N to 60°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 696,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 685,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 662,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 664,000 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
- Drawing
- Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12