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Alaska vs Northern Ireland Geography
Land area
- Alaska has a land area of 571,242 square miles (1,479,509 km²), while Northern Ireland has 5,236 square miles (13,562 km²).
- Alaska's land area is 109.1 times larger than Northern Ireland's.
Total area
- Alaska: 665,725 square miles (1,724,220 km²) vs Northern Ireland: 5,456 square miles (14,130 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Alaska's total area is 122.0 times larger than Northern Ireland's.
Length
- Alaska is 1,201 miles (1,933 km) long from north to south; Northern Ireland is 83 miles (134 km).
- Alaska's north-south length is 14.5 times longer than Northern Ireland's.
Width
- Alaska spans 1,544 miles (2,485 km) east to west; Northern Ireland spans 107 miles (173 km).
- Alaska's east-west width is 14.4 times wider than Northern Ireland's.
Highest point
- Alaska's highest point is Denali at 20,235 feet (6,168 m); Northern Ireland's is Slieve Donard at 2,789 feet (850 m).
- Denali is 17,446 feet higher than Slieve Donard.
Lowest point
- Alaska's lowest point is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet; Northern Ireland's is Irish Sea at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
Alaska vs Northern Ireland Population and History
Population
- Alaska has a population of 740,133 (2024), while Northern Ireland has 1,905,000 (2022).
- Northern Ireland's population is 2.6 times (157%) larger than Alaska's.
Population density
- Alaska: 1.3 people per square mile vs Northern Ireland: 363.8.
- Northern Ireland's population density is 279.8 times higher than Alaska's.
Biggest city
- Alaska's biggest city is Anchorage with 289,600 people; Northern Ireland's is Belfast with 348,005.
- Belfast's population is 1.2 times (20%) larger than Anchorage's.
History
- Alaska: Admitted to the Union on January 3, 1959, as the 49th state.
- Northern Ireland: A country within the United Kingdom; created by the partition of Ireland on May 3, 1921.
- In its current form, Northern Ireland is the older of the two by 38 years.
Alaska vs Northern Ireland Economy
GDP
- Alaska's GDP is $71.6 billion (2024) vs Northern Ireland's $58.8 billion.
- Alaska's economic output is 1.2 times (22%) larger than Northern Ireland's.
GDP per capita
- Alaska: $96,695 per person vs Northern Ireland: $30,686.
- Alaska's GDP per capita is 3.2 times (215%) higher than Northern Ireland's.
Official Websites
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