Connecticut is 1.66× the size of Shizuoka

What fits

• Shizuoka is 60% of the size of Connecticut.
• Connecticut is larger by 5,040 km² (1,940 mi²), which is 66% of the area of Shizuoka.
• Measured in Belgiums: Connecticut is about 0.41, Shizuoka about 0.25.

How they differ

• Connecticut is larger, but Shizuoka has the larger population: 3.6 million against 3.6 million, 1.00× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 471 in Shizuoka against 284 in Connecticut: Shizuoka is 1.66× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 10,900 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Connecticut at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Shizuoka at 35°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Connecticut as 1.99× the size of Shizuoka instead of 1.66×.
• Together Connecticut and Shizuoka cover 20,400 km², close to the size of Slovenia (20,300 km², 0.2% smaller).
• The gap between them, 5,040 km², is about the size of Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km²).
• At Shizuoka's density, Connecticut would have 6.0 million people (it has 3.6 million). At Connecticut's density, Shizuoka would have 2.2 million (it has 3.6 million).
• Connecticut's centre is 6.6° of latitude, about 740 km, farther north than Shizuoka'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.
• Shizuoka is the 14th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.1% of its area; it is the 12th most densely populated of them.
• Connecticut lies about 7° of latitude (roughly 736 km) north of Shizuoka.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Connecticut would have about 3,520 m² and each person in Shizuoka about 2,120 m².
• Laid side by side, Connecticut and Shizuoka would cover 20,400 km², about the same size as Slovenia.
• Together they have 7.2 million people, about as many people as Kyrgyzstan.

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 7,780 km² agrees with our measured area of 7,670 km², to within 2%.

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