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Queensland vs Yukon Geography
Land area
- Queensland has a land area of 668,207 square miles (1,730,648 km²), while Yukon has 183,163 square miles (474,391 km²).
- Queensland's land area is 3.6 times (265%) larger than Yukon's.
Total area
- Queensland: 668,207 square miles (1,730,648 km²) vs Yukon: 186,272 square miles (482,443 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Queensland's total area is 3.6 times (259%) larger than Yukon's.
Length
- Queensland is 1,398 miles (2,251 km) long from north to south; Yukon is 669 miles (1,077 km).
- Queensland's north-south length is 2.1 times (109%) longer than Yukon's.
Width
- Queensland spans 1,272 miles (2,048 km) east to west; Yukon spans 830 miles (1,336 km).
- Queensland's east-west width is 1.5 times (53%) wider than Yukon's.
Highest point
- Queensland's highest point is Mount Bartle Frere at 5,285 feet (1,611 m); Yukon's is Mount Logan at 19,551 feet (5,959 m).
- Mount Logan is 14,266 feet higher than Mount Bartle Frere.
Lowest point
- Queensland's lowest point is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet; Yukon's is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
Queensland vs Yukon Population and History
Population
- Queensland has a population of 5,692,642 (2025), while Yukon has 47,595 (2024).
- Queensland's population is 119.6 times larger than Yukon's.
Population density
- Queensland: 8.5 people per square mile vs Yukon: 0.3.
- Queensland's population density is 28.3 times higher than Yukon's.
Largest metro area
- Queensland's largest metropolitan area is Greater Brisbane (2,833,524 people) vs Yukon's Whitehorse CMA (31,913).
- Greater Brisbane's population is 88.8 times larger than Whitehorse CMA's.
History
- Queensland: Became an Australian state at Federation on January 1, 1901; separated from New South Wales in 1859.
- Yukon: Became a Canadian territory on June 13, 1898.
- In its current form, Yukon is the older of the two by 3 years.
Queensland vs Yukon Economy
GDP
- Queensland's GDP is $345.6 billion (2025) vs Yukon's $3.2 billion.
- Queensland's economic output is 108.0 times larger than Yukon's.
GDP per capita
- Queensland: $60,710 per person vs Yukon: $66,713.
- Yukon's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (10%) higher than Queensland's.
Official Websites
Queensland official website · Yukon official website
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