Canary Islands is 1.26× the size of Colima

What fits

• Colima is 79% of the size of Canary Islands.
• Canary Islands is larger by 1,560 km² (601 mi²), which is 26% of the area of Colima.
• Measured in Belgiums: Canary Islands is about 0.24, Colima about 0.19.

How they differ

• Canary Islands also has the larger population: 2.2 million against 731,000, 3.05× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 300 in Canary Islands against 124 in Colima: Canary Islands is 2.41× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 8,870 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Canary Islands at 28°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Colima at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Canary Islands as 1.46× the size of Colima instead of 1.26×.
• Together Canary Islands and Colima cover 13,300 km², close to the size of Montenegro (13,700 km², 3.1% bigger).
• The gap between them, 1,560 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
• At Colima's density, Canary Islands would have 925,000 people (it has 2.2 million). At Canary Islands's density, Colima would have 1.8 million (it has 731,000).
• Canary Islands's centre is 9.2° of latitude, about 1,020 km, farther north than Colima's.
• Canary Islands is the 13th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 1.5% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
• Colima is the 28th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
• Canary Islands lies about 9° of latitude (roughly 1,020 km) north of Colima.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Canary Islands would have about 3,340 m² and each person in Colima about 8,040 m².
• Laid side by side, Canary Islands and Colima would cover 13,300 km², 97% of the size of Montenegro.
• Together they have 3.0 million people, about as many people as Armenia.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 7,450 km² agrees with our measured area of 7,440 km², to within 2%.
• Our measured 5,880 km² is 4.5% above Wikidata's official figure of 5,630 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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