Connecticut is 1.52× the size of Hyogo

What fits

• Hyogo is 66% of the size of Connecticut.
• Connecticut is larger by 4,320 km² (1,670 mi²), which is 52% of the area of Hyogo.
• Measured in Belgiums: Connecticut is about 0.41, Hyogo about 0.27.

How they differ

• Connecticut is larger, but Hyogo has the larger population: 5.5 million against 3.6 million, 1.51× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 651 in Hyogo against 284 in Connecticut: Hyogo is 2.29× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 11,000 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Connecticut at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Hyogo at 35°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Connecticut as 1.82× the size of Hyogo instead of 1.52×.
• Together Connecticut and Hyogo cover 21,100 km², close to the size of El Salvador (20,500 km², 2.6% smaller).
• The gap between them, 4,320 km², is about the size of Cape Verde (3,930 km²).
• At Hyogo's density, Connecticut would have 8.3 million people (it has 3.6 million). At Connecticut's density, Hyogo would have 2.4 million (it has 5.5 million).
• Connecticut's centre is 6.6° of latitude, about 730 km, farther north than Hyogo'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.
• Hyogo is the 11th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.2% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
• Connecticut lies about 7° of latitude (roughly 732 km) north of Hyogo.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Connecticut would have about 3,520 m² and each person in Hyogo about 1,540 m².
• Laid side by side, Connecticut and Hyogo would cover 21,100 km², about the same size as El Salvador.
• Together they have 9.1 million people, about as many people as Belarus.

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.
• Wikidata's official figure of 8,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 8,380 km², to within 2%.

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