Connecticut is 1.03× the size of Vanuatu

What fits

• Vanuatu is 97% of the size of Connecticut.
• Connecticut is larger by 408 km² (158 mi²), which is 3.3% of the area of Vanuatu.
• Measured in Belgiums: Connecticut is about 0.41, Vanuatu about 0.40.

How they differ

• Connecticut also has the larger population: 3.6 million against 300,000, 12.0× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 284 in Connecticut against 24 in Vanuatu: Connecticut is 11.6× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 13,600 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Connecticut at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Vanuatu at 16°S about 1.1×, so the map shows Connecticut as 1.71× the size of Vanuatu instead of 1.03×.
• Together Connecticut and Vanuatu cover 25,000 km², close to the size of Rwanda (25,300 km², 1.2% bigger).
• The gap between them, 408 km², is about the size of Seychelles (436 km²).
• At Vanuatu's density, Connecticut would have 310,000 people (it has 3.6 million). At Connecticut's density, Vanuatu would have 3.5 million (it has 300,000).
• Connecticut's centre is 57.8° of latitude, about 6,430 km, farther north than Vanuatu'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.
• Vanuatu ranks 163rd of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Connecticut lies about 58° of latitude (roughly 6,430 km) north of Vanuatu, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Connecticut would have about 3,520 m² and each person in Vanuatu about 40,990 m².
• Laid side by side, Connecticut and Vanuatu would cover 25,000 km², about the same size as Rwanda.
• Together they have 3.9 million people, about as many people as Georgia.
• Counted as a country, Connecticut would rank 161st by area and 133rd by population.

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 12,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 12,300 km², to within 2%.

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