Chihuahua is 19.5× the size of Connecticut

What fits

• Connecticut fits inside Chihuahua about 19.5 times by area.
• Chihuahua is larger by 235,000 km² (90,800 mi²), which is 1,852% of the area of Connecticut.
• Measured in Belgiums: Chihuahua is about 8.09, Connecticut about 0.41.

How they differ

• Chihuahua is larger, but Connecticut has the larger population: 3.6 million against 3.6 million, 1.01× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 284 in Connecticut against 14 in Chihuahua: Connecticut is 19.8× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 3,350 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Chihuahua at 29°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Connecticut at 42°N about 1.8×, so the map shows Chihuahua as 14.2× the size of Connecticut instead of 19.5×.
• Together Chihuahua and Connecticut cover 261,000 km², close to the size of Gabon (260,000 km², 0.3% smaller).
• The gap between them, 235,000 km², is about the size of Romania (236,000 km²).
• At Connecticut's density, Chihuahua would have 70.4 million people (it has 3.6 million). At Chihuahua's density, Connecticut would have 182,000 (it has 3.6 million).
• Connecticut's centre is 12.8° of latitude, about 1,430 km, farther north than Chihuahua's.
• Chihuahua is the largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 13% of its area; it is the 31st most densely populated of them.
• 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.
• Connecticut lies about 13° of latitude (roughly 1,430 km) north of Chihuahua.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Chihuahua would have about 69,720 m² and each person in Connecticut about 3,520 m².
• Laid side by side, Chihuahua and Connecticut would cover 261,000 km², about the same size as Gabon.
• Together they have 7.2 million people, about as many people as Kyrgyzstan.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 247,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 248,000 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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