Delaware is 1.01× the size of Chiba

What fits

• Chiba is 99% of the size of Delaware.
• Delaware is larger by 60.2 km² (23.2 mi²), which is 1.2% of the area of Chiba.
• Measured in Belgiums: Delaware is about 0.17, Chiba about 0.17.

How they differ

• Delaware is larger, but Chiba has the larger population: 6.3 million against 990,000, 6.34× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 1,228 in Chiba against 191 in Delaware: Chiba is 6.42× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 11,000 km apart.
• Together Delaware and Chiba cover 10,300 km², close to the size of Gambia (10,500 km², 2.1% bigger).
• At Chiba's density, Delaware would have 6.4 million people (it has 990,000). At Delaware's density, Chiba would have 978,000 (it has 6.3 million).
• Delaware's centre is 3.5° of latitude, about 390 km, farther north than Chiba'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.
• Chiba is the 27th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.4% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
• Delaware lies about 3° of latitude (roughly 388 km) north of Chiba.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Delaware would have about 5,220 m² and each person in Chiba about 810 m².
• Laid side by side, Delaware and Chiba would cover 10,300 km², about the same size as the Gambia.
• Together they have 7.3 million people, about as many people as Kyrgyzstan.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2021. 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.
• Wikidata's official figure of 5,160 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,110 km², to within 2%.

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