Connecticut is 1.09× the size of Querétaro

What fits

• Querétaro is 92% of the size of Connecticut.
• Connecticut is larger by 1,000 km² (388 mi²), which is 8.6% of the area of Querétaro.
• Measured in Belgiums: Connecticut is about 0.41, Querétaro about 0.38.

How they differ

• Connecticut also has the larger population: 3.6 million against 2.0 million, 1.77× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 284 in Connecticut against 174 in Querétaro: Connecticut is 1.63× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 3,440 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Connecticut at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Querétaro at 21°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Connecticut as 1.70× the size of Querétaro instead of 1.09×.
• Together Connecticut and Querétaro cover 24,400 km², close to the size of Rwanda (25,300 km², 3.7% bigger).
• The gap between them, 1,000 km², is about the size of Hong Kong (1,040 km²).
• At Querétaro's density, Connecticut would have 2.2 million people (it has 3.6 million). At Connecticut's density, Querétaro would have 3.3 million (it has 2.0 million).
• Connecticut's centre is 20.8° of latitude, about 2,310 km, farther north than Querétaro'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.
• Querétaro is the 27th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 0.6% of its area; it is the 8th most densely populated of them.
• Connecticut lies about 21° of latitude (roughly 2,310 km) north of Querétaro.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Connecticut would have about 3,520 m² and each person in Querétaro about 5,740 m².
• Laid side by side, Connecticut and Querétaro would cover 24,400 km², 96% of the size of Rwanda.
• Together they have 5.6 million people, about as many people as Finland.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2015. 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 11,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 11,700 km², to within 2%.

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