Delaware is 1.98× the size of Luxembourg

What fits

• Luxembourg is 50% of the size of Delaware.
• Delaware is larger by 2,560 km² (990 mi²), which is 98% of the area of Luxembourg.
• Measured in Belgiums: Delaware is about 0.17, Luxembourg about 0.09.

How they differ

• Delaware also has the larger population: 990,000 against 691,000, 1.43× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 265 in Luxembourg against 191 in Delaware: Luxembourg is 1.38× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 6,270 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Delaware at 39°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Luxembourg at 50°N about 2.4×, so the map shows Delaware as 1.37× the size of Luxembourg instead of 1.98×.
• Together Delaware and Luxembourg cover 7,780 km², close to the size of Palestine (6,070 km², 22% smaller).
• The gap between them, 2,560 km², is about the size of Samoa (2,780 km²).
• At Luxembourg's density, Delaware would have 1.4 million people (it has 990,000). At Delaware's density, Luxembourg would have 499,000 (it has 691,000).
• Luxembourg's centre is 10.8° of latitude, about 1,200 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.
• Luxembourg ranks 181st of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Luxembourg lies about 11° of latitude (roughly 1,200 km) north of Delaware.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Delaware would have about 5,220 m² and each person in Luxembourg about 3,780 m².
• Laid side by side, Delaware and Luxembourg would cover 7,780 km², 78% of the size of Lebanon.
• Together they have 1.7 million people, 92% as many people as North Macedonia.
• Counted as a country, Delaware would rank 174th by area and 162nd by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2026. 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 2,590 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,610 km², to within 2%.

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