Connecticut is 1.13× the size of Chiang Rai

What fits

• Chiang Rai is 89% of the size of Connecticut.
• Connecticut is larger by 1,430 km² (552 mi²), which is 13% of the area of Chiang Rai.
• Measured in Belgiums: Connecticut is about 0.41, Chiang Rai about 0.37.

How they differ

• Connecticut also has the larger population: 3.6 million against 1.3 million, 2.78× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 284 in Connecticut against 115 in Chiang Rai: Connecticut is 2.47× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 13,100 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Connecticut at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Chiang Rai at 20°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Connecticut as 1.78× the size of Chiang Rai instead of 1.13×.
• Together Connecticut and Chiang Rai cover 24,000 km², close to the size of Rwanda (25,300 km², 5.5% bigger).
• The gap between them, 1,430 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
• At Chiang Rai's density, Connecticut would have 1.5 million people (it has 3.6 million). At Connecticut's density, Chiang Rai would have 3.2 million (it has 1.3 million).
• Connecticut's centre is 21.8° of latitude, about 2,420 km, farther north than Chiang Rai'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.
• Chiang Rai is the 12th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 2.2% of its area; it is the 43rd most densely populated of them.
• Connecticut lies about 22° of latitude (roughly 2,420 km) north of Chiang Rai.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Connecticut would have about 3,520 m² and each person in Chiang Rai about 8,710 m².
• Laid side by side, Connecticut and Chiang Rai would cover 24,000 km², 95% of the size of Rwanda.
• Together they have 4.9 million people, about as many people as Oman.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020. 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 11,300 km² is 3.5% below Wikidata's official figure of 11,700 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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