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United States vs Northwest Territories Geography
Land area: United States has a land area of 3,533,467 square miles (9,151,637 km²), while Northwest Territories has 456,792 square miles (1,183,085 km²). United States' land area is 7.7 times (674%) larger than Northwest Territories'.
Total area: United States: 3,802,784 square miles (9,849,165 km²) vs Northwest Territories: 519,734 square miles (1,346,106 km²), including inland and coastal water. United States' total area is 7.3 times (632%) larger than Northwest Territories'.
Length: United States is 3,628 miles (5,839 km) long from north to south; Northwest Territories is 1,310 miles (2,107 km). United States' north-south length is 2.8 times (177%) longer than Northwest Territories'.
Width: United States spans 4,824 miles (7,763 km) east to west; Northwest Territories spans 990 miles (1,593 km). United States' east-west width is 4.9 times (387%) wider than Northwest Territories'.
Highest point: United States's highest point is Denali at 20,308 feet (6,190 m); Northwest Territories's is Mount Nirvana at 9,098 feet (2,773 m). Denali is 11,210 feet higher than Mount Nirvana.
Lowest point: United States's lowest point is Death Valley at -279 feet; Northwest Territories's is Arctic Ocean at 0 feet. United States's lowest point is 279 feet lower.
United States vs Northwest Territories Population and History
Population: United States has a population of 340,110,988 (2024), while Northwest Territories has 45,257 (2024). United States' population is 7,515.1 times larger than Northwest Territories'.
Population density: United States: 96.3 people per square mile vs Northwest Territories: 0.1. United States' population density is 963.0 times higher than Northwest Territories'.
Biggest city: United States's biggest city is New York with 8,478,072 people; Northwest Territories's is Yellowknife with 20,340. New York's population is 416.8 times larger than Yellowknife'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 Northwest Territories's Yellowknife CMA (20,340). New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area's population is 980.3 times larger than Yellowknife CMA's.
History: United States: Declared independence on July 4, 1776. Northwest Territories: Became a Canadian territory on July 15, 1870. In its current form, United States is the older of the two by 94 years.
United States vs Northwest Territories Economy
GDP: United States's GDP is $30,769.7 billion (2025) vs Northwest Territories's $3.7 billion. United States' economic output is 8,316.1 times larger than Northwest Territories'.
GDP per capita: United States: $89,599 per person vs Northwest Territories: $82,646. United States' GDP per capita is 1.1 times (8%) higher than Northwest Territories'.
Official Websites
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Area, elevation and boundary figures come from official national statistics and US Census Bureau and Natural Earth boundary data; US state population, economic, county and tax figures come from the US Census Bureau, the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Tax Foundation. Figures are rounded and for general reference.