Yukon is 1.18× the size of California
Yukon (territory of Canada) covers about 484,000 km² (187,000 mi²) and California (state of the United States) about 410,000 km² (158,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 484,000km²Yukon
- 410,000km²California
200 km
- Yukon
- California
What fits
- California is 85% of the size of Yukon.
- Yukon is larger by 74,700 km² (28,900 mi²), which is 18% of the area of California.
- Measured in Belgiums: Yukon is about 15.8, California about 13.4.
How they differ
- Yukon is larger, but California has the larger population: 39.5 million against 40,000, 983× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 96 in California against 0.1 in Yukon: California is 1,162× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 3,110 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Yukon at 63°N is drawn about 5.0× too large and California at 37°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Yukon as 3.76× the size of California instead of 1.18×.
- Together Yukon and California cover 894,000 km², close to the size of Nigeria (907,000 km², 1.5% bigger).
- The gap between them, 74,700 km², is about the size of Panama (74,500 km²).
- At California's density, Yukon would have 46.8 million people (it has 40,000). At Yukon's density, California would have 34,000 (it has 39.5 million).
- Yukon's centre is 26.3° of latitude, about 2,920 km, farther north than California's.
- Yukon is the 9th largest of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and covers 4.9% of its area; it is the 11th most densely populated of them.
- California is the 3rd largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 4.3% of its area; it is the 12th most densely populated of them.
- Yukon lies about 26° of latitude (roughly 2,920 km) north of California.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Yukon would have about 12,042,300 m² and each person in California about 10,360 m².
- Laid side by side, Yukon and California would cover 894,000 km², about the same size as Nigeria.
- Together they have 39.6 million people, about as many people as Sudan.
Side by side
| Yukon | California | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | TerritoryCanada | StateUnited States |
| Area, measured | 484,000 km²187,000 mi² | 410,000 km²158,000 mi² |
| Official area | 482,000 km²Wikidata | 424,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 9th of 13in Canada | 3rd of 51in the United States |
| Population | 40,000Wikidata, 2021 | 39.5 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 12th of 13in Canada | 1st of 51in the United States |
| Density | 0.08 per km² | 96 per km² |
| Capital | Whitehorse | Sacramento |
| Latitude range | 60°N to 70°N | 33°N to 42°N |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 482,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 484,000 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 410,000 km² is 3.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 424,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
- Drawing
- Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12