Connecticut is 1.12× the size of Murcia

What fits

• Murcia is 89% of the size of Connecticut.
• Connecticut is larger by 1,400 km² (539 mi²), which is 12% of the area of Murcia.
• Measured in Belgiums: Connecticut is about 0.41, Murcia about 0.37.

How they differ

• Connecticut also has the larger population: 3.6 million against 1.6 million, 2.29× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 284 in Connecticut against 139 in Murcia: Connecticut is 2.04× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 5,920 km apart.
• Together Connecticut and Murcia cover 24,000 km², close to the size of Rwanda (25,300 km², 5.4% bigger).
• The gap between them, 1,400 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
• At Murcia's density, Connecticut would have 1.8 million people (it has 3.6 million). At Connecticut's density, Murcia would have 3.2 million (it has 1.6 million).
• Connecticut's centre is 3.6° of latitude, about 400 km, farther north than Murcia'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.
• Murcia is the 9th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 2.2% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
• Connecticut lies about 4° of latitude (roughly 403 km) north of Murcia.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Connecticut would have about 3,520 m² and each person in Murcia about 7,190 m².
• Laid side by side, Connecticut and Murcia would cover 24,000 km², 95% of the size of Rwanda.
• Together they have 5.2 million people, about as many people as the Central African Republic.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2024. 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 11,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 11,300 km², to within 2%.

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