Delaware is 1.26× the size of Ishikawa

What fits

• Ishikawa is 80% of the size of Delaware.
• Delaware is larger by 1,060 km² (408 mi²), which is 26% of the area of Ishikawa.
• Measured in Belgiums: Delaware is about 0.17, Ishikawa about 0.13.

How they differ

• Delaware is larger, but Ishikawa has the larger population: 1.1 million against 990,000, 1.14× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 275 in Ishikawa against 191 in Delaware: Ishikawa is 1.44× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 11,000 km apart.
• Together Delaware and Ishikawa cover 9,290 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 7.7% bigger).
• The gap between them, 1,060 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
• At Ishikawa's density, Delaware would have 1.4 million people (it has 990,000). At Delaware's density, Ishikawa would have 788,000 (it has 1.1 million).
• Delaware's centre is 2.2° of latitude, about 250 km, farther north than Ishikawa'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.
• Ishikawa is the 36th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 23rd most densely populated of them.
• Delaware lies about 2° of latitude (roughly 247 km) north of Ishikawa.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Delaware would have about 5,220 m² and each person in Ishikawa about 3,630 m².
• Laid side by side, Delaware and Ishikawa would cover 9,290 km², 93% of the size of Lebanon.
• Together they have 2.1 million people, about as many people as Slovenia.

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 4,190 km² agrees with our measured area of 4,110 km², to within 2%.

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