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United States vs Yukon Geography
Land area
- United States has a land area of 3,533,467 square miles (9,151,637 km²), while Yukon has 183,163 square miles (474,391 km²).
- United States' land area is 19.3 times larger than Yukon's.
Total area
- United States: 3,802,784 square miles (9,849,165 km²) vs Yukon: 186,272 square miles (482,443 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- United States' total area is 20.4 times larger than Yukon's.
Length
- United States is 3,628 miles (5,839 km) long from north to south; Yukon is 669 miles (1,077 km).
- United States' north-south length is 5.4 times (442%) longer than Yukon's.
Width
- United States spans 4,824 miles (7,763 km) east to west; Yukon spans 830 miles (1,336 km).
- United States' east-west width is 5.8 times (481%) wider than Yukon's.
Highest point
- United States's highest point is Denali at 20,308 feet (6,190 m); Yukon's is Mount Logan at 19,551 feet (5,959 m).
- Denali is 757 feet higher than Mount Logan.
Lowest point
- United States's lowest point is Death Valley at -279 feet; Yukon's is Pacific Ocean at 0 feet.
- United States's lowest point is 279 feet lower.
United States vs Yukon Population and History
Population
- United States has a population of 340,110,988 (2024), while Yukon has 47,595 (2024).
- United States' population is 7,145.9 times larger than Yukon's.
Population density
- United States: 96.3 people per square mile vs Yukon: 0.3.
- United States' population density is 321.0 times higher than Yukon's.
Biggest city
- United States's biggest city is New York with 8,478,072 people; Yukon's is Whitehorse with 28,201.
- New York's population is 300.6 times larger than Whitehorse'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 Yukon's Whitehorse CMA (31,913).
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area's population is 624.8 times larger than Whitehorse CMA's.
History
- United States: Declared independence on July 4, 1776.
- Yukon: Became a Canadian territory on June 13, 1898.
- In its current form, United States is the older of the two by 122 years.
United States vs Yukon Economy
GDP
- United States's GDP is $30,769.7 billion (2025) vs Yukon's $3.2 billion.
- United States' economic output is 9,615.5 times larger than Yukon's.
GDP per capita
- United States: $89,599 per person vs Yukon: $66,713.
- United States' GDP per capita is 1.3 times (34%) higher than Yukon's.
Official Websites
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