Aragon and Lower Saxony are almost exactly the same size

What fits

• Lower Saxony is 100% of the size of Aragon.
• The measured areas differ by 29.1 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
• Measured in Belgiums: Aragon is about 1.55, Lower Saxony about 1.55.

How they differ

• Aragon is larger, but Lower Saxony has the larger population: 7.9 million against 1.3 million, 5.89× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 167 in Lower Saxony against 28 in Aragon: Lower Saxony is 5.90× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 1,450 km apart.
• On a standard web map Lower Saxony looks larger than Aragon: Aragon at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Lower Saxony at 53°N about 2.7×, so the map shows Lower Saxony as 1.53× the size of Aragon, when Aragon is 1.00× the size of Lower Saxony.
• Together Aragon and Lower Saxony cover 95,200 km², close to the size of Liberia (95,300 km², 0.1% bigger).
• At Lower Saxony's density, Aragon would have 7.9 million people (it has 1.3 million). At Aragon's density, Lower Saxony would have 1.3 million (it has 7.9 million).
• Lower Saxony's centre is 11.3° of latitude, about 1,250 km, farther north than Aragon's.
• Aragon is the 4th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 9.4% of its area; it is the 16th most densely populated of them.
• Lower Saxony is the 2nd largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 13% of its area; it is the 12th most densely populated of them.
• Lower Saxony lies about 11° of latitude (roughly 1,250 km) north of Aragon.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Aragon would have about 35,330 m² and each person in Lower Saxony about 5,990 m².
• Laid side by side, Aragon and Lower Saxony would cover 95,200 km², about the same size as Liberia.
• Together they have 9.3 million people, about as many people as Switzerland.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 47,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 47,600 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 47,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 47,600 km², to within 2%.

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