Delaware is 1.01× the size of Balearic Islands

What fits

• Balearic Islands is 99% of the size of Delaware.
• Delaware is larger by 54.8 km² (21.2 mi²), which is 1.1% of the area of Balearic Islands.
• Measured in Belgiums: Delaware is about 0.17, Balearic Islands about 0.17.

How they differ

• Delaware is larger, but Balearic Islands has the larger population: 1.2 million against 990,000, 1.19× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 230 in Balearic Islands against 191 in Delaware: Balearic Islands is 1.20× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 6,510 km apart.
• On a standard web map Balearic Islands looks larger than Delaware: Delaware at 39°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Balearic Islands at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Balearic Islands as 1.01× the size of Delaware, when Delaware is 1.01× the size of Balearic Islands.
• Together Delaware and Balearic Islands cover 10,300 km², close to the size of Gambia (10,500 km², 2.1% bigger).
• At Balearic Islands's density, Delaware would have 1.2 million people (it has 990,000). At Delaware's density, Balearic Islands would have 979,000 (it has 1.2 million).
• Balearic Islands's centre is 0.6° of latitude, about 60 km, farther north than Delaware's.
• Delaware is the 49th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
• 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.
• Both lie at about the same latitude, 39°N and 40°N.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Delaware would have about 5,220 m² and each person in Balearic Islands about 4,350 m².
• Laid side by side, Delaware and Balearic Islands would cover 10,300 km², about the same size as the Gambia.
• Together they have 2.2 million people, 1.05× as many people as Slovenia.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Our measured 5,170 km² is 20% below Wikidata's official figure of 6,450 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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