Andaman and Nicobar Islands is 1.37× the size of Delaware

What fits

• Delaware is 73% of the size of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands is larger by 1,930 km² (747 mi²), which is 37% of the area of Delaware.
• Measured in Belgiums: Andaman and Nicobar Islands is about 0.23, Delaware about 0.17.

How they differ

• Andaman and Nicobar Islands is larger, but Delaware has the larger population: 990,000 against 356,000, 2.78× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 191 in Delaware against 50 in Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Delaware is 3.82× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 14,300 km apart.
• On a standard web map Delaware looks larger than Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Andaman and Nicobar Islands at 11°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Delaware at 39°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Delaware as 1.16× the size of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, when Andaman and Nicobar Islands is 1.37× the size of Delaware.
• Together Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Delaware cover 12,300 km², close to the size of Vanuatu (12,300 km², 0.2% bigger).
• The gap between them, 1,930 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
• At Delaware's density, Andaman and Nicobar Islands would have 1.4 million people (it has 356,000). At Andaman and Nicobar Islands's density, Delaware would have 259,000 (it has 990,000).
• Delaware's centre is 27.9° of latitude, about 3,100 km, farther north than Andaman and Nicobar Islands's.
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands is the 29th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 0.2% of its area; it is the 34th most densely populated of them.
• Delaware is the 49th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
• Delaware lies about 28° of latitude (roughly 3,100 km) north of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Andaman and Nicobar Islands would have about 19,950 m² and each person in Delaware about 5,220 m².
• Laid side by side, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Delaware would cover 12,300 km², about the same size as Vanuatu.
• Together they have 1.3 million people, about as many people as Cyprus.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2005 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Our measured 7,110 km² is 14% below Wikidata's official figure of 8,250 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
• Our measured 5,170 km² is 20% below Wikidata's official figure of 6,450 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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