Bangladesh is 1.11× the size of Mississippi

What fits

• Mississippi is 90% of the size of Bangladesh.
• Bangladesh is larger by 13,100 km² (5,060 mi²), which is 11% of the area of Mississippi.
• Measured in Belgiums: Bangladesh is about 4.46, Mississippi about 4.04.

How they differ

• Bangladesh also has the larger population: 171.5 million against 3.0 million, 57.9× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 1,252 in Bangladesh against 24 in Mississippi: Bangladesh is 52.4× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 13,700 km apart.
• On a standard web map Mississippi looks larger than Bangladesh: Bangladesh at 24°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Mississippi at 33°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Mississippi as 1.07× the size of Bangladesh, when Bangladesh is 1.11× the size of Mississippi.
• Together Bangladesh and Mississippi cover 261,000 km², close to the size of Gabon (260,000 km², 0.3% smaller).
• The gap between them, 13,100 km², is about the size of Bahamas (12,600 km²).
• At Mississippi's density, Bangladesh would have 3.3 million people (it has 171.5 million). At Bangladesh's density, Mississippi would have 155.1 million (it has 3.0 million).
• Mississippi's centre is 8.9° of latitude, about 990 km, farther north than Bangladesh's.
• Bangladesh ranks 97th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Mississippi is the 31st largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.3% of its area; it is the 34th most densely populated of them.
• Mississippi lies about 9° of latitude (roughly 990 km) north of Bangladesh.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Bangladesh would have about 800 m² and each person in Mississippi about 41,810 m².
• Laid side by side, Bangladesh and Mississippi would cover 261,000 km², about the same size as Gabon.
• Together they have 174.4 million people, 1.19× as many people as Russia.
• Counted as a country, Mississippi would rank 99th by area and 137th by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Our measured 137,000 km² is 7.2% below Wikidata's official figure of 148,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
• Wikidata's official figure of 125,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 124,000 km², to within 2%.

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