Western Australia is 1.68× the size of Alaska

What fits

• Alaska is 60% of the size of Western Australia.
• Western Australia is larger by 1,023,000 km² (395,000 mi²), which is 68% of the area of Alaska.
• Measured in Belgiums: Western Australia is about 82.4, Alaska about 49.1.

How they differ

• Western Australia also has the larger population: 3.0 million against 733,000, 4.10× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 1.2 in Western Australia against 0.5 in Alaska: Western Australia is 2.44× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 12,300 km apart.
• On a standard web map Alaska looks larger than Western Australia: Western Australia at 25°S is drawn about 1.2× too large and Alaska at 64°N about 5.2×, so the map shows Alaska as 2.53× the size of Western Australia, when Western Australia is 1.68× the size of Alaska.
• Together Western Australia and Alaska cover 4,033,000 km², close to the size of India (3,151,000 km², 22% smaller).
• The gap between them, 1,023,000 km², is about the size of Mauritania (1,036,000 km²).
• At Alaska's density, Western Australia would have 1.2 million people (it has 3.0 million). At Western Australia's density, Alaska would have 1.8 million (it has 733,000).
• Alaska's centre is 89.3° of latitude, about 9,930 km, farther north than Western Australia's.
• Western Australia is the largest of the 8 states and territories of Australia and covers 33% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
• Alaska is the largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 16% of its area; it is the 51st most densely populated of them.
• Alaska lies about 89° of latitude (roughly 9,930 km) north of Western Australia, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Western Australia would have about 840,280 m² and each person in Alaska about 2,052,560 m².
• Laid side by side, Western Australia and Alaska would cover 4,033,000 km², 1.28× the size of India.
• Together they have 3.7 million people, about as many people as Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 2,527,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,528,000 km², to within 2%.
• Our measured 1,505,000 km² is 12% below Wikidata's official figure of 1,718,000 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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