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Alaska vs China Geography
Land area
- Alaska has a land area of 571,242 square miles (1,479,509 km²), while China has 3,600,947 square miles (9,326,410 km²).
- China's land area is 6.3 times (530%) larger than Alaska's.
Total area
- Alaska: 665,725 square miles (1,724,220 km²) vs China: 3,705,407 square miles (9,596,960 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- China's total area is 5.6 times (457%) larger than Alaska's.
Length
- Alaska is 1,201 miles (1,933 km) long from north to south; China is 2,551 miles (4,105 km).
- China's north-south length is 2.1 times (112%) longer than Alaska's.
Width
- Alaska spans 1,544 miles (2,485 km) east to west; China spans 3,040 miles (4,892 km).
- China's east-west width is 2.0 times (97%) wider than Alaska's.
Highest point
- Alaska's highest point is Denali at 20,235 feet (6,168 m); China's is Mount Everest at 29,032 feet (8,849 m).
- Mount Everest is 8,797 feet higher than Denali.
Lowest point
- Alaska's lowest point is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet; China's is Turpan Depression at -505 feet.
- China's lowest point is 505 feet lower.
Alaska vs China Population and History
Population
- Alaska has a population of 740,133 (2024), while China has 1,404,890,000 (2025).
- China's population is 1,898.2 times larger than Alaska's.
Population density
- Alaska: 1.3 people per square mile vs China: 390.1.
- China's population density is 300.1 times higher than Alaska's.
Biggest city
- Alaska's biggest city is Anchorage with 289,600 people; China's is Shanghai with 24,870,895.
- Shanghai's population is 85.9 times larger than Anchorage's.
Largest metro area
- Alaska's largest metropolitan area is Anchorage, AK metro area (407,213 people) vs China's Shanghai (29,558,908).
- Shanghai's population is 72.6 times larger than Anchorage, AK metro area's.
History
- Alaska: Admitted to the Union on January 3, 1959, as the 49th state.
- China: The People's Republic of China was founded on October 1, 1949.
- In its current form, China is the older of the two by 10 years.
Alaska vs China Economy
GDP
- Alaska's GDP is $71.6 billion (2024) vs China's $19,498.0 billion.
- China's economic output is 272.3 times larger than Alaska's.
GDP per capita
- Alaska: $96,695 per person vs China: $13,862.
- Alaska's GDP per capita is 7.0 times (598%) higher than China's.
Average income
- Alaska: $76,234 vs China: $14,230 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Alaska's average income is 5.4 times (436%) higher than China's.
Official Websites
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