Dominican Republic is 1.02× the size of Lower Saxony

What fits

• Lower Saxony is 98% of the size of Dominican Republic.
• Dominican Republic is larger by 844 km² (326 mi²), which is 1.8% of the area of Lower Saxony.
• Measured in Belgiums: Dominican Republic is about 1.58, Lower Saxony about 1.55.

How they differ

• Dominican Republic also has the larger population: 10.8 million against 7.9 million, 1.35× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 222 in Dominican Republic against 167 in Lower Saxony: Dominican Republic is 1.33× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 7,660 km apart.
• On a standard web map Lower Saxony looks larger than Dominican Republic: Dominican Republic at 19°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Lower Saxony at 53°N about 2.7×, so the map shows Lower Saxony as 2.40× the size of Dominican Republic, when Dominican Republic is 1.02× the size of Lower Saxony.
• Together Dominican Republic and Lower Saxony cover 96,000 km², close to the size of Liberia (95,300 km², 0.8% smaller).
• The gap between them, 844 km², is about the size of Åland (942 km²).
• At Lower Saxony's density, Dominican Republic would have 8.1 million people (it has 10.8 million). At Dominican Republic's density, Lower Saxony would have 10.6 million (it has 7.9 million).
• Lower Saxony's centre is 33.9° of latitude, about 3,770 km, farther north than Dominican Republic's.
• Dominican Republic ranks 132nd of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Lower Saxony is the 2nd largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 13% of its area; it is the 12th most densely populated of them.
• Lower Saxony lies about 34° of latitude (roughly 3,770 km) north of Dominican Republic.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Dominican Republic would have about 4,500 m² and each person in Lower Saxony about 5,990 m².
• Laid side by side, Dominican Republic and Lower Saxony would cover 96,000 km², about the same size as Liberia.
• Together they have 18.7 million people, about as many people as Romania.
• Counted as a country, Lower Saxony would rank 132nd by area and 101st by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 48,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 48,400 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 47,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 47,600 km², to within 2%.

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