Connecticut is 1.33× the size of Sakon Nakhon

What fits

• Sakon Nakhon is 75% of the size of Connecticut.
• Connecticut is larger by 3,150 km² (1,220 mi²), which is 33% of the area of Sakon Nakhon.
• Measured in Belgiums: Connecticut is about 0.41, Sakon Nakhon about 0.31.

How they differ

• Connecticut also has the larger population: 3.6 million against 1.1 million, 3.14× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 284 in Connecticut against 120 in Sakon Nakhon: Connecticut is 2.36× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 13,400 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Connecticut at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Sakon Nakhon at 17°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Connecticut as 2.17× the size of Sakon Nakhon instead of 1.33×.
• Together Connecticut and Sakon Nakhon cover 22,300 km², close to the size of Belize (22,300 km², 0.2% bigger).
• The gap between them, 3,150 km², is about the size of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (3,320 km²).
• At Sakon Nakhon's density, Connecticut would have 1.5 million people (it has 3.6 million). At Connecticut's density, Sakon Nakhon would have 2.7 million (it has 1.1 million).
• Connecticut's centre is 24.2° of latitude, about 2,700 km, farther north than Sakon Nakhon'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.
• Sakon Nakhon is the 20th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 1.9% of its area; it is the 41st most densely populated of them.
• Connecticut lies about 24° of latitude (roughly 2,700 km) north of Sakon Nakhon.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Connecticut would have about 3,520 m² and each person in Sakon Nakhon about 8,330 m².
• Laid side by side, Connecticut and Sakon Nakhon would cover 22,300 km², about the same size as Belize.
• Together they have 4.8 million people, about as many people as Mauritania.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020. 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 9,610 km² agrees with our measured area of 9,560 km², to within 2%.

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