Eritrea is 9.65× the size of Connecticut

What fits

• Connecticut fits inside Eritrea about 9.65 times by area.
• Eritrea is larger by 110,000 km² (42,400 mi²), which is 865% of the area of Connecticut.
• Measured in Belgiums: Eritrea is about 4.00, Connecticut about 0.41.

How they differ

• Eritrea is larger, but Connecticut has the larger population: 3.6 million against 3.5 million, 1.03× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 284 in Connecticut against 29 in Eritrea: Connecticut is 9.95× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 10,600 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Eritrea at 15°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Connecticut at 42°N about 1.8×, so the map shows Eritrea as 5.80× the size of Connecticut instead of 9.65×.
• Together Eritrea and Connecticut cover 135,000 km², close to the size of Bangladesh (137,000 km², 1.2% bigger).
• The gap between them, 110,000 km², is about the size of Cuba (110,000 km²).
• At Connecticut's density, Eritrea would have 34.8 million people (it has 3.5 million). At Eritrea's density, Connecticut would have 363,000 (it has 3.6 million).
• Connecticut's centre is 26.3° of latitude, about 2,920 km, farther north than Eritrea's.
• Eritrea ranks 100th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Connecticut is the 48th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.1% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
• Connecticut lies about 26° of latitude (roughly 2,920 km) north of Eritrea.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Eritrea would have about 35,040 m² and each person in Connecticut about 3,520 m².
• Laid side by side, Eritrea and Connecticut would cover 135,000 km², about the same size as Bangladesh.
• Together they have 7.1 million people, about as many people as Kyrgyzstan.
• Counted as a country, Connecticut would rank 161st by area and 133rd by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2019 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Our measured 123,000 km² is 4.2% above Wikidata's official figure of 118,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
• Our measured 12,700 km² is 12% below Wikidata's official figure of 14,400 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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