Delaware is 1.95× the size of Saarland

What fits

• Saarland is 51% of the size of Delaware.
• Delaware is larger by 2,520 km² (972 mi²), which is 95% of the area of Saarland.
• Measured in Belgiums: Delaware is about 0.17, Saarland about 0.09.

How they differ

• Delaware is larger, but Saarland has the larger population: 1.0 million against 990,000, 1.02× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 379 in Saarland against 191 in Delaware: Saarland is 1.98× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 6,340 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Delaware at 39°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Saarland at 49°N about 2.4×, so the map shows Delaware as 1.37× the size of Saarland instead of 1.95×.
• Together Delaware and Saarland cover 7,830 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 28% bigger).
• The gap between them, 2,520 km², is about the size of Luxembourg (2,610 km²).
• At Saarland's density, Delaware would have 2.0 million people (it has 990,000). At Delaware's density, Saarland would have 508,000 (it has 1.0 million).
• Saarland's centre is 10.4° of latitude, about 1,150 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.
• Saarland is the 13th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 0.7% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
• Saarland lies about 10° of latitude (roughly 1,150 km) north of Delaware.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Delaware would have about 5,220 m² and each person in Saarland about 2,640 m².
• Laid side by side, Delaware and Saarland would cover 7,830 km², 78% of the size of Lebanon.
• Together they have 2.0 million people, about as many people as Lesotho.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2022. 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 2,650 km² is 3.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 2,570 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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