Fukushima is 1.10× the size of Connecticut

What fits

• Connecticut is 91% of the size of Fukushima.
• Fukushima is larger by 1,280 km² (495 mi²), which is 10% of the area of Connecticut.
• Measured in Belgiums: Fukushima is about 0.46, Connecticut about 0.41.

How they differ

• Fukushima is larger, but Connecticut has the larger population: 3.6 million against 1.8 million, 1.98× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 284 in Connecticut against 131 in Fukushima: Connecticut is 2.17× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 10,600 km apart.
• On a standard web map Connecticut looks larger than Fukushima: Fukushima at 37°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Connecticut at 42°N about 1.8×, so the map shows Connecticut as 1.03× the size of Fukushima, when Fukushima is 1.10× the size of Connecticut.
• Together Fukushima and Connecticut cover 26,700 km², close to the size of Equatorial Guinea (26,700 km², 0.1% smaller).
• The gap between them, 1,280 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
• At Connecticut's density, Fukushima would have 4.0 million people (it has 1.8 million). At Fukushima's density, Connecticut would have 1.7 million (it has 3.6 million).
• Connecticut's centre is 4.3° of latitude, about 470 km, farther north than Fukushima's.
• Fukushima is the 3rd largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 3.7% of its area; it is the 40th most densely populated of them.
• 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 4° of latitude (roughly 473 km) north of Fukushima.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Fukushima would have about 7,660 m² and each person in Connecticut about 3,520 m².
• Laid side by side, Fukushima and Connecticut would cover 26,700 km², about the same size as Equatorial Guinea.
• Together they have 5.4 million people, about as many people as Slovakia.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 13,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 14,000 km², to within 2%.
• 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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