Western Australia is 1.22× the size of Nunavut

What fits

• Nunavut is 82% of the size of Western Australia.
• Western Australia is larger by 448,000 km² (173,000 mi²), which is 22% of the area of Nunavut.
• Measured in Belgiums: Western Australia is about 82.4, Nunavut about 67.8.

How they differ

• Western Australia also has the larger population: 3.0 million against 37,000, 81.6× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 1.2 in Western Australia against 0.0 in Nunavut: Western Australia is 67.2× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 14,600 km apart.
• On a standard web map Nunavut looks larger than Western Australia: Western Australia at 25°S is drawn about 1.2× too large and Nunavut at 70°N about 8.3×, so the map shows Nunavut as 5.56× the size of Western Australia, when Western Australia is 1.22× the size of Nunavut.
• Together Western Australia and Nunavut cover 4,608,000 km², close to the size of India (3,151,000 km², 32% smaller).
• The gap between them, 448,000 km², is about the size of Uzbekistan (448,000 km²).
• At Nunavut's density, Western Australia would have 45,000 people (it has 3.0 million). At Western Australia's density, Nunavut would have 2.5 million (it has 37,000).
• Nunavut's centre is 95.0° of latitude, about 10,560 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.
• Nunavut is the largest of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and covers 21% of its area; it is the 13th most densely populated of them.
• Nunavut lies about 95° of latitude (roughly 10,600 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 Nunavut about 56,430,200 m².
• Laid side by side, Western Australia and Nunavut would cover 4,608,000 km², 1.46× the size of India.
• Together they have 3.0 million people, 1.04× as many people as Armenia.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2021. 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 2,080,000 km² is 2.0% above Wikidata's official figure of 2,039,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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