Connecticut is 1.01× the size of Bahamas

What fits

• Bahamas is 99% of the size of Connecticut.
• Connecticut is larger by 101 km² (38.9 mi²), which is 0.8% of the area of Bahamas.
• Measured in Belgiums: Connecticut is about 0.41, Bahamas about 0.41.

How they differ

• Connecticut also has the larger population: 3.6 million against 399,000, 9.03× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 284 in Connecticut against 32 in Bahamas: Connecticut is 8.96× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 1,970 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Connecticut at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Bahamas at 24°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Connecticut as 1.50× the size of Bahamas instead of 1.01×.
• Together Connecticut and Bahamas cover 25,300 km², close to the size of Rwanda (25,300 km², 0.0% smaller).
• At Bahamas's density, Connecticut would have 403,000 people (it has 3.6 million). At Connecticut's density, Bahamas would have 3.6 million (it has 399,000).
• Connecticut's centre is 17.4° of latitude, about 1,940 km, farther north than Bahamas'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.
• Bahamas ranks 162nd of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Connecticut lies about 17° of latitude (roughly 1,940 km) north of Bahamas.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Connecticut would have about 3,520 m² and each person in Bahamas about 31,550 m².
• Laid side by side, Connecticut and Bahamas would cover 25,300 km², about the same size as Rwanda.
• Together they have 4.0 million people, about as many people as Georgia.
• Counted as a country, Connecticut would rank 161st by area and 133rd by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2023. 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.
• Our measured 12,600 km² is 9.2% below Wikidata's official figure of 13,900 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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