Hawaii is 1.05× the size of Thuringia

What fits

• Thuringia is 95% of the size of Hawaii.
• Hawaii is larger by 780 km² (301 mi²), which is 4.9% of the area of Thuringia.
• Measured in Belgiums: Hawaii is about 0.55, Thuringia about 0.52.

How they differ

• Hawaii is larger, but Thuringia has the larger population: 2.1 million against 1.5 million, 1.45× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 131 in Thuringia against 86 in Hawaii: Thuringia is 1.52× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 12,000 km apart.
• On a standard web map Thuringia looks larger than Hawaii: Hawaii at 20°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Thuringia at 51°N about 2.5×, so the map shows Thuringia as 2.11× the size of Hawaii, when Hawaii is 1.05× the size of Thuringia.
• Together Hawaii and Thuringia cover 32,900 km², close to the size of Guinea-Bissau (32,800 km², 0.3% smaller).
• The gap between them, 780 km², is about the size of Dominica (730 km²).
• At Thuringia's density, Hawaii would have 2.2 million people (it has 1.5 million). At Hawaii's density, Thuringia would have 1.4 million (it has 2.1 million).
• Thuringia's centre is 30.6° of latitude, about 3,410 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.
• Thuringia is the 11th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 4.5% of its area; it is the 13th most densely populated of them.
• Thuringia lies about 31° of latitude (roughly 3,410 km) north of Hawaii.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Hawaii would have about 11,580 m² and each person in Thuringia about 7,610 m².
• Laid side by side, Hawaii and Thuringia would cover 32,900 km², about the same size as Guinea-Bissau.
• Together they have 3.6 million people, about as many people as Eritrea.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2022. 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 16,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 16,100 km², to within 2%.

More from the same country

• All 51 states and districts of the United Statesmatched to countries
• All 16 states of Germanymatched to countries

More comparisons

• Eswatini vs Hawaii
• Kuwait vs Hawaii
• Belgium vs Hawaii
• Netherlands vs Hawaii
• Hawaii vs East Timor
• Slovenia vs Hawaii
• Hawaii vs Beijing
• Hawaii vs Nagaland
• New Mexico vs Thuringia
• Castilla–La Mancha vs Thuringia
• Lazio vs Thuringia
• Tak vs Thuringia