Arkansas is 5.95× the size of Meghalaya
Arkansas (state of the United States) covers about 138,000 km² (53,100 mi²) and Meghalaya (state of India) about 23,100 km² (8,930 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 138,000km²Arkansas
- 23,100km²Meghalaya
100 km
- Arkansas
- Meghalaya
What fits
- Meghalaya fits inside Arkansas about 5.95 times by area.
- Arkansas is larger by 114,000 km² (44,200 mi²), which is 495% of the area of Meghalaya.
- Measured in Belgiums: Arkansas is about 4.48, Meghalaya about 0.75.
How they differ
- Arkansas also has the larger population: 3.0 million against 3.0 million, 1.02× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 128 in Meghalaya against 22 in Arkansas: Meghalaya is 5.86× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 13,300 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Arkansas at 35°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Meghalaya at 26°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Arkansas as 7.20× the size of Meghalaya instead of 5.95×.
- Together Arkansas and Meghalaya cover 161,000 km², close to the size of Tunisia (157,000 km², 2.5% smaller).
- The gap between them, 114,000 km², is about the size of Bulgaria (113,000 km²).
- At Meghalaya's density, Arkansas would have 17.6 million people (it has 3.0 million). At Arkansas's density, Meghalaya would have 506,000 (it has 3.0 million).
- Arkansas's centre is 9.4° of latitude, about 1,040 km, farther north than Meghalaya'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.
- Meghalaya is the 24th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 0.7% of its area; it is the 29th most densely populated of them.
- Arkansas lies about 9° of latitude (roughly 1,040 km) north of Meghalaya.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Arkansas would have about 45,670 m² and each person in Meghalaya about 7,790 m².
- Laid side by side, Arkansas and Meghalaya would cover 161,000 km², about the same size as Tunisia.
- Together they have 6.0 million people, about as many people as El Salvador.
Side by side
| Arkansas | Meghalaya | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateUnited States | StateIndia |
| Area, measured | 138,000 km²53,100 mi² | 23,100 km²8,930 mi² |
| Official area | 138,000 km²Wikidata | 22,400 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 27th of 51in the United States | 24th of 36in India |
| Population | 3.0 millionWikidata, 2020 | 3.0 millionWikidata, 2011 |
| Rank by population | 33rd of 51in the United States | 24th of 36in India |
| Density | 22 per km² | 128 per km² |
| Capital | Little Rock | Shillong |
| Latitude range | 33°N to 37°N | 25°N to 26°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2011. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 138,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 138,000 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 23,100 km² is 3.1% above Wikidata's official figure of 22,400 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
- Drawing
- Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12