Connecticut is 1.19× the size of Gifu

What fits

• Gifu is 84% of the size of Connecticut.
• Connecticut is larger by 2,020 km² (780 mi²), which is 19% of the area of Gifu.
• Measured in Belgiums: Connecticut is about 0.41, Gifu about 0.35.

How they differ

• Connecticut also has the larger population: 3.6 million against 2.0 million, 1.83× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 284 in Connecticut against 185 in Gifu: Connecticut is 1.54× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 10,900 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Connecticut at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Gifu at 36°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Connecticut as 1.40× the size of Gifu instead of 1.19×.
• Together Connecticut and Gifu cover 23,400 km², close to the size of Belize (22,300 km², 4.7% smaller).
• The gap between them, 2,020 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
• At Gifu's density, Connecticut would have 2.3 million people (it has 3.6 million). At Connecticut's density, Gifu would have 3.0 million (it has 2.0 million).
• Connecticut's centre is 5.9° of latitude, about 650 km, farther north than Gifu'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.
• Gifu is the 7th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.9% of its area; it is the 30th most densely populated of them.
• Connecticut lies about 6° of latitude (roughly 651 km) north of Gifu.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Connecticut would have about 3,520 m² and each person in Gifu about 5,410 m².
• Laid side by side, Connecticut and Gifu would cover 23,400 km², 1.05× the size of Belize.
• Together they have 5.6 million people, about as many people as Norway.

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.
• Wikidata's official figure of 10,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 10,700 km², to within 2%.

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