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Alaska vs Nunavut Geography
Land area
- Alaska has a land area of 571,242 square miles (1,479,509 km²), while Nunavut has 747,537 square miles (1,936,113 km²).
- Nunavut's land area is 1.3 times (31%) larger than Alaska's.
Total area
- Alaska: 665,725 square miles (1,724,220 km²) vs Nunavut: 808,185 square miles (2,093,190 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Nunavut's total area is 1.2 times (21%) larger than Alaska's.
Length
- Alaska is 1,201 miles (1,933 km) long from north to south; Nunavut is 2,112 miles (3,400 km).
- Nunavut's north-south length is 1.8 times (76%) longer than Alaska's.
Width
- Alaska spans 1,544 miles (2,485 km) east to west; Nunavut spans 1,328 miles (2,137 km).
- Alaska's east-west width is 1.2 times (16%) wider than Nunavut's.
Highest point
- Alaska's highest point is Denali at 20,235 feet (6,168 m); Nunavut's is Barbeau Peak at 8,583 feet (2,616 m).
- Denali is 11,652 feet higher than Barbeau Peak.
Lowest point
- Alaska's lowest point is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet; Nunavut's is Arctic Ocean at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
Alaska vs Nunavut Population and History
Population
- Alaska has a population of 740,133 (2024), while Nunavut has 41,410 (2024).
- Alaska's population is 17.9 times larger than Nunavut's.
Population density
- Alaska: 1.3 people per square mile vs Nunavut: 0.1.
- Alaska's population density is 13.0 times higher than Nunavut's.
Biggest city
- Alaska's biggest city is Anchorage with 289,600 people; Nunavut's is Iqaluit with 7,429.
- Anchorage's population is 39.0 times larger than Iqaluit's.
History
- Alaska: Admitted to the Union on January 3, 1959, as the 49th state.
- Nunavut: Became a Canadian territory on April 1, 1999, the newest territory.
- In its current form, Alaska is the older of the two by 40 years.
Alaska vs Nunavut Economy
GDP
- Alaska's GDP is $71.6 billion (2024) vs Nunavut's $4.1 billion.
- Alaska's economic output is 17.5 times larger than Nunavut's.
GDP per capita
- Alaska: $96,695 per person vs Nunavut: $99,932.
- Alaska and Nunavut have about the same GDP per capita.
Official Websites
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