Western Australia is 18.4× the size of Arkansas

What fits

• Arkansas fits inside Western Australia about 18.4 times by area.
• Western Australia is larger by 2,391,000 km² (923,000 mi²), which is 1,738% of the area of Arkansas.
• Measured in Belgiums: Western Australia is about 82.4, Arkansas about 4.48.

How they differ

• Western Australia is larger, but Arkansas has the larger population: 3.0 million against 3.0 million, 1.00× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 22 in Arkansas against 1.2 in Western Australia: Arkansas is 18.4× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 16,500 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Western Australia at 25°S is drawn about 1.2× too large and Arkansas at 35°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Western Australia as 15.1× the size of Arkansas instead of 18.4×.
• Together Western Australia and Arkansas cover 2,666,000 km², close to the size of Kazakhstan (2,714,000 km², 1.8% bigger).
• The gap between them, 2,391,000 km², is about the size of Democratic Republic of the Congo (2,325,000 km²).
• At Arkansas's density, Western Australia would have 55.4 million people (it has 3.0 million). At Western Australia's density, Arkansas would have 164,000 (it has 3.0 million).
• Arkansas's centre is 60.2° of latitude, about 6,700 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.
• Arkansas is the 27th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.5% of its area; it is the 37th most densely populated of them.
• Arkansas lies about 60° of latitude (roughly 6,700 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 Arkansas about 45,670 m².
• Laid side by side, Western Australia and Arkansas would cover 2,666,000 km², about the same size as Kazakhstan.
• Together they have 6.0 million people, about as many people as El Salvador.

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%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 138,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 138,000 km², to within 2%.

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