Amapá is 1.16× the size of Louisiana

What fits

• Louisiana is 86% of the size of Amapá.
• Amapá is larger by 19,600 km² (7,580 mi²), which is 16% of the area of Louisiana.
• Measured in Belgiums: Amapá is about 4.54, Louisiana about 3.90.

How they differ

• Amapá is larger, but Louisiana has the larger population: 4.7 million against 734,000, 6.35× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 39 in Louisiana against 5.3 in Amapá: Louisiana is 7.39× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 5,340 km apart.
• On a standard web map Louisiana looks larger than Amapá: Amapá at 1°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Louisiana at 31°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Louisiana as 1.17× the size of Amapá, when Amapá is 1.16× the size of Louisiana.
• Together Amapá and Louisiana cover 259,000 km², close to the size of Gabon (260,000 km², 0.5% bigger).
• The gap between them, 19,600 km², is about the size of Slovenia (20,300 km²).
• At Louisiana's density, Amapá would have 5.4 million people (it has 734,000). At Amapá's density, Louisiana would have 630,000 (it has 4.7 million).
• Louisiana's centre is 29.6° of latitude, about 3,290 km, farther north than Amapá's.
• Amapá is the 18th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 1.6% of its area; it is the 24th most densely populated of them.
• Louisiana is the 32nd largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.3% of its area; it is the 26th most densely populated of them.
• Louisiana lies about 30° of latitude (roughly 3,290 km) north of Amapá.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Amapá would have about 189,680 m² and each person in Louisiana about 25,670 m².
• Laid side by side, Amapá and Louisiana would cover 259,000 km², about the same size as Gabon.
• Together they have 5.4 million people, about as many people as Slovakia.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Our measured 139,000 km² is 2.5% below Wikidata's official figure of 143,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
• Our measured 120,000 km² is 12% below Wikidata's official figure of 135,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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