Cyprus is 1.05× the size of Balearic Islands

What fits

• Balearic Islands is 95% of the size of Cyprus.
• Cyprus is larger by 278 km² (107 mi²), which is 5.4% of the area of Balearic Islands.
• Measured in Belgiums: Cyprus is about 0.18, Balearic Islands about 0.17.

How they differ

• Cyprus also has the larger population: 1.3 million against 1.2 million, 1.14× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 249 in Cyprus against 230 in Balearic Islands: Cyprus is 1.08× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 2,700 km apart.
• On a standard web map Balearic Islands looks larger than Cyprus: Cyprus at 35°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Balearic Islands at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Balearic Islands as 1.07× the size of Cyprus, when Cyprus is 1.05× the size of Balearic Islands.
• Together Cyprus and Balearic Islands cover 10,500 km², close to the size of Gambia (10,500 km², 0.1% smaller).
• The gap between them, 278 km², is about the size of Saint Kitts and Nevis (264 km²).
• At Balearic Islands's density, Cyprus would have 1.2 million people (it has 1.3 million). At Cyprus's density, Balearic Islands would have 1.3 million (it has 1.2 million).
• Balearic Islands's centre is 4.7° of latitude, about 520 km, farther north than Cyprus's.
• Cyprus ranks 174th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Balearic Islands is the 17th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 1.0% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
• Balearic Islands lies about 5° of latitude (roughly 518 km) north of Cyprus.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Cyprus would have about 4,010 m² and each person in Balearic Islands about 4,350 m².
• Laid side by side, Cyprus and Balearic Islands would cover 10,500 km², about the same size as the Gambia.
• Together they have 2.5 million people, about as many people as Namibia.
• Counted as a country, Balearic Islands would rank 175th by area and 161st by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Our measured 5,400 km² is 42% below Wikidata's official figure of 9,240 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
• Our measured 5,120 km² is 2.5% above Wikidata's official figure of 4,990 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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