Chiapas is 1.05× the size of Bavaria

What fits

• Bavaria is 95% of the size of Chiapas.
• Chiapas is larger by 3,360 km² (1,300 mi²), which is 4.8% of the area of Bavaria.
• Measured in Belgiums: Chiapas is about 2.39, Bavaria about 2.28.

How they differ

• Chiapas is larger, but Bavaria has the larger population: 13.0 million against 5.2 million, 2.50× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 186 in Bavaria against 71 in Chiapas: Bavaria is 2.62× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 9,610 km apart.
• On a standard web map Bavaria looks larger than Chiapas: Chiapas at 16°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Bavaria at 49°N about 2.3×, so the map shows Bavaria as 2.03× the size of Chiapas, when Chiapas is 1.05× the size of Bavaria.
• Together Chiapas and Bavaria cover 143,000 km², close to the size of Tajikistan (142,000 km², 0.8% smaller).
• The gap between them, 3,360 km², is about the size of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (3,320 km²).
• At Bavaria's density, Chiapas would have 13.7 million people (it has 5.2 million). At Chiapas's density, Bavaria would have 5.0 million (it has 13.0 million).
• Bavaria's centre is 32.4° of latitude, about 3,610 km, farther north than Chiapas's.
• Chiapas is the 9th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.7% of its area; it is the 16th most densely populated of them.
• Bavaria is the largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 20% of its area; it is the 11th most densely populated of them.
• Bavaria lies about 32° of latitude (roughly 3,610 km) north of Chiapas.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Chiapas would have about 14,060 m² and each person in Bavaria about 5,370 m².
• Laid side by side, Chiapas and Bavaria would cover 143,000 km², about the same size as Tajikistan.
• Together they have 18.3 million people, about as many people as the Netherlands.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 73,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 73,400 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 70,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 70,000 km², to within 2%.

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