Federal District is 1.12× the size of Delaware

What fits

• Delaware is 89% of the size of Federal District.
• Federal District is larger by 621 km² (240 mi²), which is 12% of the area of Delaware.
• Measured in Belgiums: Federal District is about 0.19, Delaware about 0.17.

How they differ

• Federal District also has the larger population: 2.8 million against 990,000, 2.85× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 486 in Federal District against 191 in Delaware: Federal District is 2.54× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 6,740 km apart.
• On a standard web map Delaware looks larger than Federal District: Federal District at 16°S is drawn about 1.1× too large and Delaware at 39°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Delaware as 1.37× the size of Federal District, when Federal District is 1.12× the size of Delaware.
• Together Federal District and Delaware cover 11,000 km², close to the size of Kosovo (10,900 km², 0.5% smaller).
• The gap between them, 621 km², is about the size of Micronesia (634 km²).
• At Delaware's density, Federal District would have 1.1 million people (it has 2.8 million). At Federal District's density, Delaware would have 2.5 million (it has 990,000).
• Delaware's centre is 54.8° of latitude, about 6,090 km, farther north than Federal District's.
• Federal District is the 27th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
• 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.
• Delaware lies about 55° of latitude (roughly 6,090 km) north of Federal District, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Federal District would have about 2,060 m² and each person in Delaware about 5,220 m².
• Laid side by side, Federal District and Delaware would cover 11,000 km², about the same size as Jamaica.
• Together they have 3.8 million people, about as many people as Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 5,760 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,790 km², to within 2%.
• 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.

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