Arkansas is 1.02× the size of Chhattisgarh

What fits

• Chhattisgarh is 98% of the size of Arkansas.
• Arkansas is larger by 3,030 km² (1,170 mi²), which is 2.3% of the area of Chhattisgarh.
• Measured in Belgiums: Arkansas is about 4.48, Chhattisgarh about 4.39.

How they differ

• Arkansas is larger, but Chhattisgarh has the larger population: 29.4 million against 3.0 million, 9.77× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 219 in Chhattisgarh against 22 in Arkansas: Chhattisgarh is 9.99× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 13,700 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Arkansas at 35°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Chhattisgarh at 21°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Arkansas as 1.32× the size of Chhattisgarh instead of 1.02×.
• Together Arkansas and Chhattisgarh cover 272,000 km², close to the size of Burkina Faso (273,000 km², 0.3% bigger).
• The gap between them, 3,030 km², is about the size of Samoa (2,780 km²).
• At Chhattisgarh's density, Arkansas would have 30.1 million people (it has 3.0 million). At Arkansas's density, Chhattisgarh would have 2.9 million (it has 29.4 million).
• Arkansas's centre is 13.7° of latitude, about 1,520 km, farther north than Chhattisgarh's.
• Arkansas is the 27th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.5% of its area; it is the 37th most densely populated of them.
• Chhattisgarh is the 9th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 4.3% of its area; it is the 25th most densely populated of them.
• Arkansas lies about 14° of latitude (roughly 1,520 km) north of Chhattisgarh.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Arkansas would have about 45,670 m² and each person in Chhattisgarh about 4,570 m².
• Laid side by side, Arkansas and Chhattisgarh would cover 272,000 km², about the same size as Burkina Faso.
• Together they have 32.4 million people, about as many people as Ghana.

Side by side

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

• Wikidata's official figure of 138,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 138,000 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 135,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 135,000 km², to within 2%.

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