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Colorado vs Nunavut Geography
Land area
- Colorado has a land area of 103,637 square miles (268,419 km²), while Nunavut has 747,537 square miles (1,936,113 km²).
- Nunavut's land area is 7.2 times (621%) larger than Colorado's.
Total area
- Colorado: 104,095 square miles (269,605 km²) vs Nunavut: 808,185 square miles (2,093,190 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Nunavut's total area is 7.8 times (676%) larger than Colorado's.
Length
- Colorado is 467 miles (751 km) long from north to south; Nunavut is 2,112 miles (3,400 km).
- Nunavut's north-south length is 4.5 times (352%) longer than Colorado's.
Width
- Colorado spans 387 miles (622 km) east to west; Nunavut spans 1,328 miles (2,137 km).
- Nunavut's east-west width is 3.4 times (243%) wider than Colorado's.
Highest point
- Colorado's highest point is Mount Elbert at 14,422 feet (4,396 m); Nunavut's is Barbeau Peak at 8,583 feet (2,616 m).
- Mount Elbert is 5,839 feet higher than Barbeau Peak.
Lowest point
- Colorado's lowest point is Arikaree River at 3,326 feet; Nunavut's is Arctic Ocean at 0 feet.
- Nunavut's lowest point is 3,326 feet lower.
Colorado vs Nunavut Population and History
Population
- Colorado has a population of 5,957,493 (2024), while Nunavut has 41,410 (2024).
- Colorado's population is 143.9 times larger than Nunavut's.
Population density
- Colorado: 57.5 people per square mile vs Nunavut: 0.1.
- Colorado's population density is 575.0 times higher than Nunavut's.
Biggest city
- Colorado's biggest city is Denver with 729,019 people; Nunavut's is Iqaluit with 7,429.
- Denver's population is 98.1 times larger than Iqaluit's.
History
- Colorado: Admitted to the Union on August 1, 1876, as the 38th state.
- Nunavut: Became a Canadian territory on April 1, 1999, the newest territory.
- In its current form, Colorado is the older of the two by 123 years.
Colorado vs Nunavut Economy
GDP
- Colorado's GDP is $557.6 billion (2024) vs Nunavut's $4.1 billion.
- Colorado's economic output is 136.0 times larger than Nunavut's.
GDP per capita
- Colorado: $93,602 per person vs Nunavut: $99,932.
- Nunavut's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (7%) higher than Colorado's.
Official Websites
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