Amapá is 1.02× the size of New York

What fits

• New York is 98% of the size of Amapá.
• Amapá is larger by 2,250 km² (868 mi²), which is 1.6% of the area of New York.
• Measured in Belgiums: Amapá is about 4.54, New York about 4.46.

How they differ

• Amapá is larger, but New York has the larger population: 20.2 million against 734,000, 27.5× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 148 in New York against 5.3 in Amapá: New York is 28.0× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 5,180 km apart.
• On a standard web map New York looks larger than Amapá: Amapá at 1°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and New York at 43°N about 1.9×, so the map shows New York as 1.84× the size of Amapá, when Amapá is 1.02× the size of New York.
• Together Amapá and New York cover 276,000 km², close to the size of Burkina Faso (273,000 km², 1.2% smaller).
• The gap between them, 2,250 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
• At New York's density, Amapá would have 20.5 million people (it has 734,000). At Amapá's density, New York would have 722,000 (it has 20.2 million).
• New York's centre is 41.5° of latitude, about 4,620 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.
• New York is the 28th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.4% of its area; it is the 8th most densely populated of them.
• New York lies about 42° of latitude (roughly 4,620 km) north of Amapá.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Amapá would have about 189,680 m² and each person in New York about 6,780 m².
• Laid side by side, Amapá and New York would cover 276,000 km², about the same size as Burkina Faso.
• Together they have 20.9 million people, about as many people as Sri Lanka.

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 137,000 km² is 3.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 141,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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