Delaware is 1.30× the size of Nagasaki

What fits

• Nagasaki is 77% of the size of Delaware.
• Delaware is larger by 1,180 km² (456 mi²), which is 30% of the area of Nagasaki.
• Measured in Belgiums: Delaware is about 0.17, Nagasaki about 0.13.

How they differ

• Delaware is larger, but Nagasaki has the larger population: 1.3 million against 990,000, 1.32× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 328 in Nagasaki against 191 in Delaware: Nagasaki is 1.71× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 11,600 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Delaware at 39°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Nagasaki at 33°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Delaware as 1.50× the size of Nagasaki instead of 1.30×.
• Together Delaware and Nagasaki cover 9,160 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 9.2% bigger).
• The gap between them, 1,180 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
• At Nagasaki's density, Delaware would have 1.7 million people (it has 990,000). At Delaware's density, Nagasaki would have 764,000 (it has 1.3 million).
• Delaware's centre is 5.8° of latitude, about 640 km, farther north than Nagasaki'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.
• Nagasaki is the 38th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 18th most densely populated of them.
• Delaware lies about 6° of latitude (roughly 641 km) north of Nagasaki.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Delaware would have about 5,220 m² and each person in Nagasaki about 3,050 m².
• Laid side by side, Delaware and Nagasaki would cover 9,160 km², 92% of the size of Lebanon.
• Together they have 2.3 million people, 95% as many people as Moldova.

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.
• Our measured 3,990 km² is 2.8% below Wikidata's official figure of 4,110 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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