Tibet is 1.19× the size of British Columbia

What fits

• British Columbia is 84% of the size of Tibet.
• Tibet is larger by 184,000 km² (71,100 mi²), which is 19% of the area of British Columbia.
• Measured in Belgiums: Tibet is about 36.8, British Columbia about 30.8.

How they differ

• Tibet is larger, but British Columbia has the larger population: 5.0 million against 3.6 million, 1.37× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 5.3 in British Columbia against 3.2 in Tibet: British Columbia is 1.64× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 9,920 km apart.
• On a standard web map British Columbia looks larger than Tibet: Tibet at 32°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and British Columbia at 55°N about 3.0×, so the map shows British Columbia as 1.80× the size of Tibet, when Tibet is 1.19× the size of British Columbia.
• Together Tibet and British Columbia cover 2,075,000 km², close to the size of Greenland (2,154,000 km², 3.8% bigger).
• The gap between them, 184,000 km², is about the size of Syria (186,000 km²).
• At British Columbia's density, Tibet would have 6.0 million people (it has 3.6 million). At Tibet's density, British Columbia would have 3.1 million (it has 5.0 million).
• British Columbia's centre is 22.8° of latitude, about 2,540 km, farther north than Tibet's.
• Tibet is the 3rd largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 12% of its area; it is the 31st 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 23° of latitude (roughly 2,540 km) north of Tibet.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Tibet would have about 309,690 m² and each person in British Columbia about 189,090 m².
• Laid side by side, Tibet and British Columbia would cover 2,075,000 km², 96% of the size of Greenland.
• Together they have 8.6 million people, 97% as many people as Papua New Guinea.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Our measured 1,130,000 km² is 8.0% below Wikidata's official figure of 1,228,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
• Wikidata's official figure of 945,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 946,000 km², to within 2%.

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