Delaware is 1.29× the size of Shiga

What fits

• Shiga is 78% of the size of Delaware.
• Delaware is larger by 1,160 km² (449 mi²), which is 29% of the area of Shiga.
• Measured in Belgiums: Delaware is about 0.17, Shiga about 0.13.

How they differ

• Delaware is larger, but Shiga has the larger population: 1.4 million against 990,000, 1.43× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 352 in Shiga against 191 in Delaware: Shiga is 1.84× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 11,100 km apart.
• Together Delaware and Shiga cover 9,180 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 9.0% bigger).
• The gap between them, 1,160 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
• At Shiga's density, Delaware would have 1.8 million people (it has 990,000). At Delaware's density, Shiga would have 767,000 (it has 1.4 million).
• Delaware's centre is 3.8° of latitude, about 420 km, farther north than Shiga'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.
• Shiga is the 37th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 14th most densely populated of them.
• Delaware lies about 4° of latitude (roughly 422 km) north of Shiga.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Delaware would have about 5,220 m² and each person in Shiga about 2,840 m².
• Laid side by side, Delaware and Shiga would cover 9,180 km², 92% of the size of Lebanon.
• Together they have 2.4 million people, about 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.
• Wikidata's official figure of 4,020 km² agrees with our measured area of 4,010 km², to within 2%.

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