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Alaska vs Ontario Geography
Land area
- Alaska has a land area of 571,242 square miles (1,479,509 km²), while Ontario has 354,342 square miles (917,741 km²).
- Alaska's land area is 1.6 times (61%) larger than Ontario's.
Total area
- Alaska: 665,725 square miles (1,724,220 km²) vs Ontario: 415,598 square miles (1,076,395 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Alaska's total area is 1.6 times (60%) larger than Ontario's.
Length
- Alaska is 1,201 miles (1,933 km) long from north to south; Ontario is 1,085 miles (1,747 km).
- Alaska's north-south length is 1.1 times (11%) longer than Ontario's.
Width
- Alaska spans 1,544 miles (2,485 km) east to west; Ontario spans 1,013 miles (1,630 km).
- Alaska's east-west width is 1.5 times (52%) wider than Ontario's.
Highest point
- Alaska's highest point is Denali at 20,235 feet (6,168 m); Ontario's is Ishpatina Ridge at 2,274 feet (693 m).
- Denali is 17,961 feet higher than Ishpatina Ridge.
Lowest point
- Alaska's lowest point is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet; Ontario's is Hudson Bay at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
Alaska vs Ontario Population and History
Population
- Alaska has a population of 740,133 (2024), while Ontario has 16,136,480 (2026).
- Ontario's population is 21.8 times larger than Alaska's.
Population density
- Alaska: 1.3 people per square mile vs Ontario: 45.5.
- Ontario's population density is 35.0 times higher than Alaska's.
Biggest city
- Alaska's biggest city is Anchorage with 289,600 people; Ontario's is Toronto with 2,794,356.
- Toronto's population is 9.6 times (865%) larger than Anchorage's.
Largest metro area
- Alaska's largest metropolitan area is Anchorage, AK metro area (407,213 people) vs Ontario's Toronto CMA (6,202,225).
- Toronto CMA's population is 15.2 times larger than Anchorage, AK metro area's.
History
- Alaska: Admitted to the Union on January 3, 1959, as the 49th state.
- Ontario: Joined Confederation on July 1, 1867, as one of the four founding provinces.
- In its current form, Ontario is the older of the two by 92 years.
Alaska vs Ontario Economy
GDP
- Alaska's GDP is $71.6 billion (2024) vs Ontario's $873.9 billion.
- Ontario's economic output is 12.2 times larger than Alaska's.
GDP per capita
- Alaska: $96,695 per person vs Ontario: $54,132.
- Alaska's GDP per capita is 1.8 times (79%) higher than Ontario's.
Official Websites
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