Xinjiang is 1.08× the size of Alaska

What fits

• Alaska is 92% of the size of Xinjiang.
• Xinjiang is larger by 125,000 km² (48,200 mi²), which is 8.3% of the area of Alaska.
• Measured in Belgiums: Xinjiang is about 53.2, Alaska about 49.1.

How they differ

• Xinjiang also has the larger population: 25.9 million against 733,000, 35.3× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 16 in Xinjiang against 0.5 in Alaska: Xinjiang is 32.5× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 7,300 km apart.
• On a standard web map Alaska looks larger than Xinjiang: Xinjiang at 41°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Alaska at 64°N about 5.2×, so the map shows Alaska as 2.73× the size of Xinjiang, when Xinjiang is 1.08× the size of Alaska.
• Together Xinjiang and Alaska cover 3,136,000 km², close to the size of India (3,151,000 km², 0.5% bigger).
• The gap between them, 125,000 km², is about the size of Eritrea (123,000 km²).
• At Alaska's density, Xinjiang would have 794,000 people (it has 25.9 million). At Xinjiang's density, Alaska would have 23.9 million (it has 733,000).
• Alaska's centre is 22.9° of latitude, about 2,550 km, farther north than Xinjiang's.
• Xinjiang is the largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 17% of its area; it is the 29th 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 23° of latitude (roughly 2,550 km) north of Xinjiang.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Xinjiang would have about 63,060 m² and each person in Alaska about 2,052,560 m².
• Laid side by side, Xinjiang and Alaska would cover 3,136,000 km², about the same size as India.
• Together they have 26.6 million people, about as many people as North Korea.

Side by side

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

• Our measured 1,630,000 km² is 2.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 1,665,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
• 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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