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United States vs Northern Territory Geography
Land area
- United States has a land area of 3,533,467 square miles (9,151,637 km²), while Northern Territory has 520,902 square miles (1,349,129 km²).
- United States' land area is 6.8 times (578%) larger than Northern Territory's.
Total area
- United States: 3,802,784 square miles (9,849,165 km²) vs Northern Territory: 520,902 square miles (1,349,129 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- United States' total area is 7.3 times (630%) larger than Northern Territory's.
Length
- United States is 3,628 miles (5,839 km) long from north to south; Northern Territory is 1,092 miles (1,758 km).
- United States' north-south length is 3.3 times (232%) longer than Northern Territory's.
Width
- United States spans 4,824 miles (7,763 km) east to west; Northern Territory spans 610 miles (981 km).
- United States' east-west width is 7.9 times (691%) wider than Northern Territory's.
Highest point
- United States's highest point is Denali at 20,308 feet (6,190 m); Northern Territory's is Mount Zeil at 5,023 feet (1,531 m).
- Denali is 15,285 feet higher than Mount Zeil.
Lowest point
- United States's lowest point is Death Valley at -279 feet; Northern Territory's is Timor Sea at 0 feet.
- United States's lowest point is 279 feet lower.
United States vs Northern Territory Population and History
Population
- United States has a population of 340,110,988 (2024), while Northern Territory has 265,457 (2025).
- United States' population is 1,281.2 times larger than Northern Territory's.
Population density
- United States: 96.3 people per square mile vs Northern Territory: 0.5.
- United States' population density is 192.6 times higher than Northern Territory's.
Largest metro area
- United States's largest metropolitan area is New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area (19,940,274 people) vs Northern Territory's Greater Darwin (159,284).
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area's population is 125.2 times larger than Greater Darwin's.
History
- United States: Declared independence on July 4, 1776.
- Northern Territory: Became a federal territory on January 1, 1911; self-governing since 1978.
- In its current form, United States is the older of the two by 135 years.
United States vs Northern Territory Economy
GDP
- United States's GDP is $30,769.7 billion (2025) vs Northern Territory's $22.4 billion.
- United States' economic output is 1,373.6 times larger than Northern Territory's.
GDP per capita
- United States: $89,599 per person vs Northern Territory: $84,383.
- United States' GDP per capita is 1.1 times (6%) higher than Northern Territory's.
Official Websites
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