Connecticut is 1.08× the size of Akita

What fits

• Akita is 92% of the size of Connecticut.
• Connecticut is larger by 983 km² (379 mi²), which is 8.4% of the area of Akita.
• Measured in Belgiums: Connecticut is about 0.41, Akita about 0.38.

How they differ

• Connecticut also has the larger population: 3.6 million against 946,000, 3.81× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 284 in Connecticut against 81 in Akita: Connecticut is 3.52× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 10,400 km apart.
• Together Connecticut and Akita cover 24,400 km², close to the size of Rwanda (25,300 km², 3.6% bigger).
• The gap between them, 983 km², is about the size of Åland (942 km²).
• At Akita's density, Connecticut would have 1.0 million people (it has 3.6 million). At Connecticut's density, Akita would have 3.3 million (it has 946,000).
• Connecticut's centre is 1.9° of latitude, about 210 km, farther north than Akita's.
• 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.
• Akita is the 6th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 3.1% of its area; it is the 45th most densely populated of them.
• Both lie at about the same latitude, 42°N and 40°N.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Connecticut would have about 3,520 m² and each person in Akita about 12,390 m².
• Laid side by side, Connecticut and Akita would cover 24,400 km², 97% of the size of Rwanda.
• Together they have 4.6 million people, about as many people as Panama.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• 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.
• Wikidata's official figure of 11,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 11,700 km², to within 2%.

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