Colima is 1.14× the size of Delaware

What fits

• Delaware is 88% of the size of Colima.
• Colima is larger by 707 km² (273 mi²), which is 14% of the area of Delaware.
• Measured in Belgiums: Colima is about 0.19, Delaware about 0.17.

How they differ

• Colima is larger, but Delaware has the larger population: 990,000 against 731,000, 1.35× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 191 in Delaware against 124 in Colima: Delaware is 1.54× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 3,530 km apart.
• On a standard web map Delaware looks larger than Colima: Colima at 19°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Delaware at 39°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Delaware as 1.30× the size of Colima, when Colima is 1.14× the size of Delaware.
• Together Colima and Delaware cover 11,000 km², close to the size of Jamaica (11,000 km², 0.2% smaller).
• The gap between them, 707 km², is about the size of Bahrain (688 km²).
• At Delaware's density, Colima would have 1.1 million people (it has 731,000). At Colima's density, Delaware would have 643,000 (it has 990,000).
• Delaware's centre is 19.9° of latitude, about 2,210 km, farther north than Colima's.
• Colima is the 28th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 0.3% 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.
• Delaware lies about 20° of latitude (roughly 2,210 km) north of Colima.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Colima would have about 8,040 m² and each person in Delaware about 5,220 m².
• Laid side by side, Colima and Delaware would cover 11,000 km², about the same size as Jamaica.
• Together they have 1.7 million people, 94% as many people as North Macedonia.

Side by side

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

• Our measured 5,880 km² is 4.5% above Wikidata's official figure of 5,630 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
• 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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