Delaware is 1.02× the size of Fukuoka

What fits

• Fukuoka is 98% of the size of Delaware.
• Delaware is larger by 120 km² (46.4 mi²), which is 2.4% of the area of Fukuoka.
• Measured in Belgiums: Delaware is about 0.17, Fukuoka about 0.16.

How they differ

• Delaware is larger, but Fukuoka has the larger population: 5.1 million against 990,000, 5.16× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 1,011 in Fukuoka against 191 in Delaware: Fukuoka is 5.28× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 11,500 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Delaware at 39°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Fukuoka at 34°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Delaware as 1.18× the size of Fukuoka instead of 1.02×.
• Together Delaware and Fukuoka cover 10,200 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 2.1% smaller).
• The gap between them, 120 km², is about the size of Jersey (119 km²).
• At Fukuoka's density, Delaware would have 5.2 million people (it has 990,000). At Delaware's density, Fukuoka would have 967,000 (it has 5.1 million).
• Delaware's centre is 5.5° of latitude, about 610 km, farther north than Fukuoka'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.
• Fukuoka is the 28th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.4% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
• Delaware lies about 5° of latitude (roughly 608 km) north of Fukuoka.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Delaware would have about 5,220 m² and each person in Fukuoka about 990 m².
• Laid side by side, Delaware and Fukuoka would cover 10,200 km², about the same size as Lebanon.
• Together they have 6.1 million people, about as many people as Lebanon.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020. 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 4,970 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,050 km², to within 2%.

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