Connecticut is 1.44× the size of Kagoshima

What fits

• Kagoshima is 70% of the size of Connecticut.
• Connecticut is larger by 3,850 km² (1,490 mi²), which is 44% of the area of Kagoshima.
• Measured in Belgiums: Connecticut is about 0.41, Kagoshima about 0.29.

How they differ

• Connecticut also has the larger population: 3.6 million against 1.6 million, 2.27× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 284 in Connecticut against 179 in Kagoshima: Connecticut is 1.58× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 11,600 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Connecticut at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Kagoshima at 31°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Connecticut as 1.89× the size of Kagoshima instead of 1.44×.
• Together Connecticut and Kagoshima cover 21,600 km², close to the size of Djibouti (21,800 km², 1.4% bigger).
• The gap between them, 3,850 km², is about the size of Cape Verde (3,930 km²).
• At Kagoshima's density, Connecticut would have 2.3 million people (it has 3.6 million). At Connecticut's density, Kagoshima would have 2.5 million (it has 1.6 million).
• Connecticut's centre is 10.6° of latitude, about 1,180 km, farther north than Kagoshima'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.
• Kagoshima is the 10th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.4% of its area; it is the 32nd most densely populated of them.
• Connecticut lies about 11° of latitude (roughly 1,180 km) north of Kagoshima.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Connecticut would have about 3,520 m² and each person in Kagoshima about 5,580 m².
• Laid side by side, Connecticut and Kagoshima would cover 21,600 km², about the same size as Djibouti.
• Together they have 5.2 million people, about as many people as Liberia.

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 8,850 km² is 3.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 9,130 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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