Western Australia is 1.62× the size of Amazonas

What fits

• Amazonas is 62% of the size of Western Australia.
• Western Australia is larger by 963,000 km² (372,000 mi²), which is 62% of the area of Amazonas.
• Measured in Belgiums: Western Australia is about 82.4, Amazonas about 51.0.

How they differ

• Western Australia is larger, but Amazonas has the larger population: 3.9 million against 3.0 million, 1.31× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 2.5 in Amazonas against 1.2 in Western Australia: Amazonas is 2.12× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 16,600 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Western Australia at 25°S is drawn about 1.2× too large and Amazonas at 4°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Western Australia as 1.97× the size of Amazonas instead of 1.62×.
• Together Western Australia and Amazonas cover 4,094,000 km², close to the size of India (3,151,000 km², 23% smaller).
• The gap between them, 963,000 km², is about the size of Tanzania (942,000 km²).
• At Amazonas's density, Western Australia would have 6.4 million people (it has 3.0 million). At Western Australia's density, Amazonas would have 1.9 million (it has 3.9 million).
• Amazonas's centre is 21.1° of latitude, about 2,350 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.
• Amazonas is the largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 18% of its area; it is the 27th most densely populated of them.
• Amazonas lies about 21° of latitude (roughly 2,350 km) north of Western Australia.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Western Australia would have about 840,280 m² and each person in Amazonas about 397,150 m².
• Laid side by side, Western Australia and Amazonas would cover 4,094,000 km², 1.30× the size of India.
• Together they have 7.0 million people, about as many people as Laos.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2022. 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%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 1,559,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,565,000 km², to within 2%.

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• All 8 states and territories of Australiamatched to countries
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