Connecticut is 1.53× the size of Hiroshima

What fits

• Hiroshima is 65% of the size of Connecticut.
• Connecticut is larger by 4,400 km² (1,700 mi²), which is 53% of the area of Hiroshima.
• Measured in Belgiums: Connecticut is about 0.41, Hiroshima about 0.27.

How they differ

• Connecticut also has the larger population: 3.6 million against 2.8 million, 1.29× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 336 in Hiroshima against 284 in Connecticut: Hiroshima is 1.18× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 11,100 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Connecticut at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Hiroshima at 35°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Connecticut as 1.86× the size of Hiroshima instead of 1.53×.
• Together Connecticut and Hiroshima cover 21,000 km², close to the size of El Salvador (20,500 km², 2.2% smaller).
• The gap between them, 4,400 km², is about the size of Cape Verde (3,930 km²).
• At Hiroshima's density, Connecticut would have 4.3 million people (it has 3.6 million). At Connecticut's density, Hiroshima would have 2.4 million (it has 2.8 million).
• Connecticut's centre is 7.0° of latitude, about 780 km, farther north than Hiroshima'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.
• Hiroshima is the 12th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.2% of its area; it is the 16th most densely populated of them.
• Connecticut lies about 7° of latitude (roughly 781 km) north of Hiroshima.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Connecticut would have about 3,520 m² and each person in Hiroshima about 2,970 m².
• Laid side by side, Connecticut and Hiroshima would cover 21,000 km², about the same size as El Salvador.
• Together they have 6.4 million people, about as many people as Bulgaria.

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.
• Our measured 8,300 km² is 2.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 8,480 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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