Hawaii is 1.09× the size of Iwate

What fits

• Iwate is 92% of the size of Hawaii.
• Hawaii is larger by 1,370 km² (531 mi²), which is 8.9% of the area of Iwate.
• Measured in Belgiums: Hawaii is about 0.55, Iwate about 0.50.

How they differ

• Hawaii also has the larger population: 1.5 million against 1.2 million, 1.21× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 86 in Hawaii against 78 in Iwate: Hawaii is 1.11× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 6,250 km apart.
• On a standard web map Iwate looks larger than Hawaii: Hawaii at 20°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Iwate at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Iwate as 1.36× the size of Hawaii, when Hawaii is 1.09× the size of Iwate.
• Together Hawaii and Iwate cover 32,300 km², close to the size of Guinea-Bissau (32,800 km², 1.6% bigger).
• The gap between them, 1,370 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
• At Iwate's density, Hawaii would have 1.3 million people (it has 1.5 million). At Hawaii's density, Iwate would have 1.3 million (it has 1.2 million).
• Iwate's centre is 19.3° of latitude, about 2,150 km, farther north than Hawaii's.
• Hawaii is the 47th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.2% of its area; it is the 13th most densely populated of them.
• Iwate is the 2nd largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 4.1% of its area; it is the 46th most densely populated of them.
• Iwate lies about 19° of latitude (roughly 2,150 km) north of Hawaii.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Hawaii would have about 11,580 m² and each person in Iwate about 12,830 m².
• Laid side by side, Hawaii and Iwate would cover 32,300 km², about the same size as Guinea-Bissau.
• Together they have 2.7 million people, about as many people as the Gambia.

Side by side

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

• Our measured 16,800 km² is 40% below Wikidata's official figure of 28,300 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
• Wikidata's official figure of 15,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 15,500 km², to within 2%.

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