Canary Islands is 1.44× the size of Delaware

What fits

• Delaware is 70% of the size of Canary Islands.
• Canary Islands is larger by 2,260 km² (874 mi²), which is 44% of the area of Delaware.
• Measured in Belgiums: Canary Islands is about 0.24, Delaware about 0.17.

How they differ

• Canary Islands also has the larger population: 2.2 million against 990,000, 2.25× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 300 in Canary Islands against 191 in Delaware: Canary Islands is 1.57× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 5,560 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Canary Islands at 28°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Delaware at 39°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Canary Islands as 1.12× the size of Delaware instead of 1.44×.
• Together Canary Islands and Delaware cover 12,600 km², close to the size of Bahamas (12,600 km², 0.0% smaller).
• The gap between them, 2,260 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
• At Delaware's density, Canary Islands would have 1.4 million people (it has 2.2 million). At Canary Islands's density, Delaware would have 1.6 million (it has 990,000).
• Delaware's centre is 10.6° of latitude, about 1,180 km, farther north than Canary Islands'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.
• Delaware is the 49th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
• Delaware lies about 11° of latitude (roughly 1,180 km) north of Canary Islands.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Canary Islands would have about 3,340 m² and each person in Delaware about 5,220 m².
• Laid side by side, Canary Islands and Delaware would cover 12,600 km², about the same size as the Bahamas.
• Together they have 3.2 million people, 94% as many people as Mongolia.

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 5,170 km² is 20% below Wikidata's official figure of 6,450 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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