Connecticut is 1.26× the size of Basilicata

What fits

• Basilicata is 79% of the size of Connecticut.
• Connecticut is larger by 2,640 km² (1,020 mi²), which is 26% of the area of Basilicata.
• Measured in Belgiums: Connecticut is about 0.41, Basilicata about 0.33.

How they differ

• Connecticut also has the larger population: 3.6 million against 563,000, 6.41× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 284 in Connecticut against 56 in Basilicata: Connecticut is 5.07× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 7,080 km apart.
• Together Connecticut and Basilicata cover 22,800 km², close to the size of Belize (22,300 km², 2.0% smaller).
• The gap between them, 2,640 km², is about the size of Luxembourg (2,610 km²).
• At Basilicata's density, Connecticut would have 711,000 people (it has 3.6 million). At Connecticut's density, Basilicata would have 2.9 million (it has 563,000).
• Connecticut's centre is 1.1° of latitude, about 120 km, farther north than Basilicata'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.
• Basilicata is the 14th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 3.3% of its area; it is the 19th most densely populated of them.
• Both lie at about the same latitude, 42°N and 41°N.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Connecticut would have about 3,520 m² and each person in Basilicata about 17,880 m².
• Laid side by side, Connecticut and Basilicata would cover 22,800 km², about the same size as Belize.
• Together they have 4.2 million people, 1.06× as many people as Georgia.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2019. 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 9,990 km² agrees with our measured area of 10,100 km², to within 2%.

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