Area of NYC: 303 sq mi
Population of NYC: 8.49 million
Area of Alaska: 663,268 sq mi
2189 NYC fit in Alaska. 918 NYCs hold 7.8 billion people. The population of the world fits in half of Alaska at NYC density, even less if they meant Manhattan only.
Area of Manhattan: 23 sq mi (land)
Population of Manhattan: 1.632 million.
About 28,838 Manhattans fit in Alaska, and we'd need 4,779 Manhattans to hold all of the people in the world.
A square mile holds 640 acres, so Alaska has 424.5 million acres in total.
I think the acre of land may have not necessarily been in Alaska.
Interestingly, the US is 3,531,905 sq mi of landmass, so 2.26billion acres, not enough for everyone in the world to have one.
When you look at a FLAT map of the world the size of the land areas are skewed. On a globe, they represent closer to reality. If you took Japan and placed it on the east coast of the usa, it stretches from tip of Florida, all the way up to Canada but, looking at it on a flat map, it looks much smaller than that.
I was really surprised how big Japan is when I visited. Big mountains big rivers. I knew that there is big country in Japan but for some reason it impressed me more upon visiting. I am dumb lol
Not dumb, just forced to look at Flat maps that are skewed in land mass dimensions all your life, same as the rest of us. I did not know, until I knew. lol
Alaska has 365 million acres if land.
Area of NYC: 303 sq mi Population of NYC: 8.49 million Area of Alaska: 663,268 sq mi 2189 NYC fit in Alaska. 918 NYCs hold 7.8 billion people. The population of the world fits in half of Alaska at NYC density, even less if they meant Manhattan only.
Area of Manhattan: 23 sq mi (land) Population of Manhattan: 1.632 million. About 28,838 Manhattans fit in Alaska, and we'd need 4,779 Manhattans to hold all of the people in the world.
A square mile holds 640 acres, so Alaska has 424.5 million acres in total.
I think the acre of land may have not necessarily been in Alaska.
Interestingly, the US is 3,531,905 sq mi of landmass, so 2.26billion acres, not enough for everyone in the world to have one.
When you look at a FLAT map of the world the size of the land areas are skewed. On a globe, they represent closer to reality. If you took Japan and placed it on the east coast of the usa, it stretches from tip of Florida, all the way up to Canada but, looking at it on a flat map, it looks much smaller than that.
I was really surprised how big Japan is when I visited. Big mountains big rivers. I knew that there is big country in Japan but for some reason it impressed me more upon visiting. I am dumb lol
Not dumb, just forced to look at Flat maps that are skewed in land mass dimensions all your life, same as the rest of us. I did not know, until I knew. lol