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United States vs Nunavut Geography
Land area
- United States has a land area of 3,533,467 square miles (9,151,637 km²), while Nunavut has 747,537 square miles (1,936,113 km²).
- United States' land area is 4.7 times (373%) larger than Nunavut's.
Total area
- United States: 3,802,784 square miles (9,849,165 km²) vs Nunavut: 808,185 square miles (2,093,190 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- United States' total area is 4.7 times (371%) larger than Nunavut's.
Length
- United States is 3,628 miles (5,839 km) long from north to south; Nunavut is 2,112 miles (3,400 km).
- United States' north-south length is 1.7 times (72%) longer than Nunavut's.
Width
- United States spans 4,824 miles (7,763 km) east to west; Nunavut spans 1,328 miles (2,137 km).
- United States' east-west width is 3.6 times (263%) wider than Nunavut's.
Highest point
- United States's highest point is Denali at 20,308 feet (6,190 m); Nunavut's is Barbeau Peak at 8,583 feet (2,616 m).
- Denali is 11,725 feet higher than Barbeau Peak.
Lowest point
- United States's lowest point is Death Valley at -279 feet; Nunavut's is Arctic Ocean at 0 feet.
- United States's lowest point is 279 feet lower.
United States vs Nunavut Population and History
Population
- United States has a population of 340,110,988 (2024), while Nunavut has 41,410 (2024).
- United States' population is 8,213.3 times larger than Nunavut's.
Population density
- United States: 96.3 people per square mile vs Nunavut: 0.1.
- United States' population density is 963.0 times higher than Nunavut's.
Biggest city
- United States's biggest city is New York with 8,478,072 people; Nunavut's is Iqaluit with 7,429.
- New York's population is 1,141.2 times larger than Iqaluit's.
History
- United States: Declared independence on July 4, 1776.
- Nunavut: Became a Canadian territory on April 1, 1999, the newest territory.
- In its current form, United States is the older of the two by 223 years.
United States vs Nunavut Economy
GDP
- United States's GDP is $30,769.7 billion (2025) vs Nunavut's $4.1 billion.
- United States' economic output is 7,504.8 times larger than Nunavut's.
GDP per capita
- United States: $89,599 per person vs Nunavut: $99,932.
- Nunavut's GDP per capita is 1.1 times (12%) higher than United States'.
Official Websites
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