Cantabria is 1.03× the size of Delaware

What fits

• Delaware is 97% of the size of Cantabria.
• Cantabria is larger by 176 km² (68.0 mi²), which is 3.4% of the area of Delaware.
• Measured in Belgiums: Cantabria is about 0.17, Delaware about 0.17.

How they differ

• Cantabria is larger, but Delaware has the larger population: 990,000 against 592,000, 1.67× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 191 in Delaware against 111 in Cantabria: Delaware is 1.73× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 5,820 km apart.
• Together Cantabria and Delaware cover 10,500 km², close to the size of Gambia (10,500 km², 0.2% smaller).
• The gap between them, 176 km², is about the size of Aruba (170 km²).
• At Delaware's density, Cantabria would have 1.0 million people (it has 592,000). At Cantabria's density, Delaware would have 572,000 (it has 990,000).
• Cantabria's centre is 4.2° of latitude, about 470 km, farther north than Delaware's.
• Cantabria is the 15th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 10th 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.
• Cantabria lies about 4° of latitude (roughly 467 km) north of Delaware.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Cantabria would have about 9,040 m² and each person in Delaware about 5,220 m².
• Laid side by side, Cantabria and Delaware would cover 10,500 km², about the same size as the Gambia.
• Together they have 1.6 million people, 1.13× as many people as East Timor.

Side by side

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

• Wikidata's official figure of 5,320 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,350 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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