Delaware is 1.17× the size of Wakayama

What fits

• Wakayama is 86% of the size of Delaware.
• Delaware is larger by 743 km² (287 mi²), which is 17% of the area of Wakayama.
• Measured in Belgiums: Delaware is about 0.17, Wakayama about 0.14.

How they differ

• Delaware also has the larger population: 990,000 against 911,000, 1.09× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 206 in Wakayama against 191 in Delaware: Wakayama is 1.07× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 11,300 km apart.
• Together Delaware and Wakayama cover 9,600 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 4.2% bigger).
• The gap between them, 743 km², is about the size of Dominica (730 km²).
• At Wakayama's density, Delaware would have 1.1 million people (it has 990,000). At Delaware's density, Wakayama would have 848,000 (it has 911,000).
• Delaware's centre is 5.1° of latitude, about 570 km, farther north than Wakayama'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.
• Wakayama is the 32nd largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.2% of its area; it is the 29th most densely populated of them.
• Delaware lies about 5° of latitude (roughly 566 km) north of Wakayama.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Delaware would have about 5,220 m² and each person in Wakayama about 4,860 m².
• Laid side by side, Delaware and Wakayama would cover 9,600 km², 96% of the size of Lebanon.
• Together they have 1.9 million people, about as many people as Guinea-Bissau.

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 4,430 km² is 6.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 4,730 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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