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Alaska vs Quebec Geography
Land area
- Alaska has a land area of 571,242 square miles (1,479,509 km²), while Quebec has 527,079 square miles (1,365,128 km²).
- Alaska's land area is 1.1 times (8%) larger than Quebec's.
Total area
- Alaska: 665,725 square miles (1,724,220 km²) vs Quebec: 595,391 square miles (1,542,056 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Alaska's total area is 1.1 times (12%) larger than Quebec's.
Length
- Alaska is 1,201 miles (1,933 km) long from north to south; Quebec is 1,221 miles (1,965 km).
- Alaska and Quebec have about the same north-south length.
Width
- Alaska spans 1,544 miles (2,485 km) east to west; Quebec spans 963 miles (1,550 km).
- Alaska's east-west width is 1.6 times (60%) wider than Quebec's.
Highest point
- Alaska's highest point is Denali at 20,235 feet (6,168 m); Quebec's is Mont d'Iberville at 5,420 feet (1,652 m).
- Denali is 14,815 feet higher than Mont d'Iberville.
Lowest point
- Alaska's lowest point is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet; Quebec's is Gulf of St. Lawrence at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
Alaska vs Quebec Population and History
Population
- Alaska has a population of 740,133 (2024), while Quebec has 9,033,887 (2026).
- Quebec's population is 12.2 times larger than Alaska's.
Population density
- Alaska: 1.3 people per square mile vs Quebec: 17.1.
- Quebec's population density is 13.2 times higher than Alaska's.
Biggest city
- Alaska's biggest city is Anchorage with 289,600 people; Quebec's is Montreal with 1,762,949.
- Montreal's population is 6.1 times (509%) larger than Anchorage's.
Largest metro area
- Alaska's largest metropolitan area is Anchorage, AK metro area (407,213 people) vs Quebec's Montreal CMA (4,291,732).
- Montreal CMA's population is 10.5 times larger than Anchorage, AK metro area's.
History
- Alaska: Admitted to the Union on January 3, 1959, as the 49th state.
- Quebec: Joined Confederation on July 1, 1867, as one of the four founding provinces.
- In its current form, Quebec is the older of the two by 92 years.
Alaska vs Quebec Economy
GDP
- Alaska's GDP is $71.6 billion (2024) vs Quebec's $450.3 billion.
- Quebec's economic output is 6.3 times (529%) larger than Alaska's.
GDP per capita
- Alaska: $96,695 per person vs Quebec: $50,059.
- Alaska's GDP per capita is 1.9 times (93%) higher than Quebec's.
Official Websites
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