Alagoas is 1.78× the size of Iwate

What fits

• Iwate is 56% of the size of Alagoas.
• Alagoas is larger by 12,100 km² (4,690 mi²), which is 78% of the area of Iwate.
• Measured in Belgiums: Alagoas is about 0.90, Iwate about 0.50.

How they differ

• Alagoas also has the larger population: 3.1 million against 1.2 million, 2.59× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 113 in Alagoas against 78 in Iwate: Alagoas is 1.45× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 16,700 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Alagoas at 10°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Iwate at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Alagoas as 1.09× the size of Iwate instead of 1.78×.
• Together Alagoas and Iwate cover 43,100 km², close to the size of Denmark (42,700 km², 0.9% smaller).
• The gap between them, 12,100 km², is about the size of Vanuatu (12,300 km²).
• At Iwate's density, Alagoas would have 2.2 million people (it has 3.1 million). At Alagoas's density, Iwate would have 1.8 million (it has 1.2 million).
• Iwate's centre is 49.1° of latitude, about 5,460 km, farther north than Alagoas's.
• Alagoas is the 25th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
• Iwate is the 2nd largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 4.1% of its area; it is the 46th most densely populated of them.
• Iwate lies about 49° of latitude (roughly 5,460 km) north of Alagoas, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Alagoas would have about 8,830 m² and each person in Iwate about 12,830 m².
• Laid side by side, Alagoas and Iwate would cover 43,100 km², about the same size as Denmark.
• Together they have 4.3 million people, about as many people as Kuwait.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 27,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 27,600 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 15,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 15,500 km², to within 2%.

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