Balearic Islands is 1.96× the size of Luxembourg

What fits

• Luxembourg is 51% of the size of Balearic Islands.
• Balearic Islands is larger by 2,510 km² (968 mi²), which is 96% of the area of Luxembourg.
• Measured in Belgiums: Balearic Islands is about 0.17, Luxembourg about 0.09.

How they differ

• Balearic Islands also has the larger population: 1.2 million against 691,000, 1.70× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 265 in Luxembourg against 230 in Balearic Islands: Luxembourg is 1.15× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 1,160 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Balearic Islands at 40°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Luxembourg at 50°N about 2.4×, so the map shows Balearic Islands as 1.38× the size of Luxembourg instead of 1.96×.
• Together Balearic Islands and Luxembourg cover 7,730 km², close to the size of Palestine (6,070 km², 21% smaller).
• The gap between them, 2,510 km², is about the size of Samoa (2,780 km²).
• At Luxembourg's density, Balearic Islands would have 1.4 million people (it has 1.2 million). At Balearic Islands's density, Luxembourg would have 600,000 (it has 691,000).
• Luxembourg's centre is 10.2° of latitude, about 1,130 km, farther north than Balearic Islands's.
• Balearic Islands is the 17th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 1.0% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
• Luxembourg ranks 181st of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Luxembourg lies about 10° of latitude (roughly 1,130 km) north of Balearic Islands.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Balearic Islands would have about 4,350 m² and each person in Luxembourg about 3,780 m².
• Laid side by side, Balearic Islands and Luxembourg would cover 7,730 km², 77% of the size of Lebanon.
• Together they have 1.9 million people, about as many people as Guinea-Bissau.
• Counted as a country, Balearic Islands would rank 175th by area and 161st by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2026. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Our measured 5,120 km² is 2.5% above Wikidata's official figure of 4,990 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
• Wikidata's official figure of 2,590 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,610 km², to within 2%.

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