Belgium is 2.41× the size of Connecticut

What fits

• Connecticut fits inside Belgium about 2.41 times by area.
• Belgium is larger by 18,000 km² (6,940 mi²), which is 141% of the area of Connecticut.
• Measured in Switzerlands: Belgium is about 0.74, Connecticut about 0.31.

How they differ

• Belgium also has the larger population: 11.8 million against 3.6 million, 3.28× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 386 in Belgium against 284 in Connecticut: Belgium is 1.36× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 5,770 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Belgium at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Connecticut at 42°N about 1.8×, so the map shows Belgium as 3.35× the size of Connecticut instead of 2.41×.
• Together Belgium and Connecticut cover 43,400 km², close to the size of Denmark (42,700 km², 1.6% smaller).
• The gap between them, 18,000 km², is about the size of Kuwait (17,500 km²).
• At Connecticut's density, Belgium would have 8.7 million people (it has 11.8 million). At Belgium's density, Connecticut would have 4.9 million (it has 3.6 million).
• Belgium's centre is 9.0° of latitude, about 1,000 km, farther north than Connecticut's.
• Belgium ranks 141st of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Connecticut is the 48th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.1% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
• Belgium lies about 9° of latitude (roughly 1,000 km) north of Connecticut.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Belgium would have about 2,590 m² and each person in Connecticut about 3,520 m².
• Laid side by side, Belgium and Connecticut would cover 43,400 km², about the same size as Denmark.
• Together they have 15.4 million people, about as many people as Zimbabwe.
• Counted as a country, Connecticut would rank 161st by area and 133rd by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 30,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,700 km², to within 2%.
• Our measured 12,700 km² is 12% below Wikidata's official figure of 14,400 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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