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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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