Yukon is 1.03× the size of Turkmenistan
Yukon (territory of Canada) covers about 484,000 km² (187,000 mi²) and Turkmenistan (Asia) about 471,000 km² (182,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 484,000km²Yukon
- 471,000km²Turkmenistan
200 km
- Yukon
- Turkmenistan
What fits
- Turkmenistan is 97% of the size of Yukon.
- Yukon is larger by 13,600 km² (5,260 mi²), which is 2.9% of the area of Turkmenistan.
- Measured in Belgiums: Yukon is about 15.8, Turkmenistan about 15.4.
How they differ
- Yukon is larger, but Turkmenistan has the larger population: 6.1 million against 40,000, 152× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 13 in Turkmenistan against 0.1 in Yukon: Turkmenistan is 156× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,530 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Yukon at 63°N is drawn about 5.0× too large and Turkmenistan at 39°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Yukon as 3.10× the size of Turkmenistan instead of 1.03×.
- Together Yukon and Turkmenistan cover 955,000 km², close to the size of Tanzania (942,000 km², 1.4% smaller).
- The gap between them, 13,600 km², is about the size of Montenegro (13,700 km²).
- At Turkmenistan's density, Yukon would have 6.3 million people (it has 40,000). At Yukon's density, Turkmenistan would have 39,000 (it has 6.1 million).
- Yukon's centre is 24.3° of latitude, about 2,710 km, farther north than Turkmenistan'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.
- Turkmenistan ranks 54th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Yukon lies about 24° of latitude (roughly 2,710 km) north of Turkmenistan.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Yukon would have about 12,042,300 m² and each person in Turkmenistan about 76,960 m².
- Laid side by side, Yukon and Turkmenistan would cover 955,000 km², about the same size as Tanzania.
- Together they have 6.2 million people, about as many people as the Republic of the Congo.
- Counted as a country, Yukon would rank 52nd by area and 211th by population.
Side by side
| Yukon | Turkmenistan | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | TerritoryCanada | CountryAsia |
| Area, measured | 484,000 km²187,000 mi² | 471,000 km²182,000 mi² |
| Official area | 482,000 km²Wikidata | 491,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 9th of 13in Canada | 53rd of 239worldwide |
| Population | 40,000Wikidata, 2021 | 6.1 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 12th of 13in Canada | 112th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 0.08 per km² | 13 per km² |
| Capital | Whitehorse | Ashgabat |
| Latitude range | 60°N to 70°N | 35°N to 43°N |
Population: Wikidata 2021. 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 471,000 km² is 4.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 491,000 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 for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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