Coahuila is 1.22× the size of Mississippi

What fits

• Mississippi is 82% of the size of Coahuila.
• Coahuila is larger by 27,200 km² (10,500 mi²), which is 22% of the area of Mississippi.
• Measured in Belgiums: Coahuila is about 4.92, Mississippi about 4.04.

How they differ

• Coahuila is larger, but Mississippi has the larger population: 3.0 million against 3.0 million, 1.00× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 24 in Mississippi against 20 in Coahuila: Mississippi is 1.22× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 1,330 km apart.
• Together Coahuila and Mississippi cover 275,000 km², close to the size of Burkina Faso (273,000 km², 0.7% smaller).
• The gap between them, 27,200 km², is about the size of Solomon Islands (27,200 km²).
• At Mississippi's density, Coahuila would have 3.6 million people (it has 3.0 million). At Coahuila's density, Mississippi would have 2.4 million (it has 3.0 million).
• Mississippi's centre is 5.4° of latitude, about 610 km, farther north than Coahuila's.
• Coahuila is the 3rd largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 7.7% of its area; it is the 27th most densely populated of them.
• Mississippi is the 31st largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.3% of its area; it is the 34th most densely populated of them.
• Mississippi lies about 5° of latitude (roughly 605 km) north of Coahuila.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Coahuila would have about 51,090 m² and each person in Mississippi about 41,810 m².
• Laid side by side, Coahuila and Mississippi would cover 275,000 km², about the same size as Burkina Faso.
• Together they have 5.9 million people, about as many people as Denmark.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2010 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 152,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 151,000 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 125,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 124,000 km², to within 2%.

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