Himachal Pradesh is 1.16× the size of Lower Saxony

What fits

• Lower Saxony is 86% of the size of Himachal Pradesh.
• Himachal Pradesh is larger by 7,800 km² (3,010 mi²), which is 16% of the area of Lower Saxony.
• Measured in Belgiums: Himachal Pradesh is about 1.81, Lower Saxony about 1.55.

How they differ

• Himachal Pradesh is larger, but Lower Saxony has the larger population: 7.9 million against 6.9 million, 1.16× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 167 in Lower Saxony against 124 in Himachal Pradesh: Lower Saxony is 1.35× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 5,800 km apart.
• On a standard web map Lower Saxony looks larger than Himachal Pradesh: Himachal Pradesh at 32°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Lower Saxony at 53°N about 2.7×, so the map shows Lower Saxony as 1.69× the size of Himachal Pradesh, when Himachal Pradesh is 1.16× the size of Lower Saxony.
• Together Himachal Pradesh and Lower Saxony cover 103,000 km², close to the size of Iceland (102,000 km², 0.6% smaller).
• The gap between them, 7,800 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
• At Lower Saxony's density, Himachal Pradesh would have 9.2 million people (it has 6.9 million). At Himachal Pradesh's density, Lower Saxony would have 5.9 million (it has 7.9 million).
• Lower Saxony's centre is 20.8° of latitude, about 2,320 km, farther north than Himachal Pradesh's.
• Himachal Pradesh is the 18th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 1.8% of its area; it is the 30th most densely populated of them.
• Lower Saxony is the 2nd largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 13% of its area; it is the 12th most densely populated of them.
• Lower Saxony lies about 21° of latitude (roughly 2,320 km) north of Himachal Pradesh.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Himachal Pradesh would have about 8,070 m² and each person in Lower Saxony about 5,990 m².
• Laid side by side, Himachal Pradesh and Lower Saxony would cover 103,000 km², about the same size as Iceland.
• Together they have 14.8 million people, about as many people as Rwanda.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2011 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 55,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 55,400 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 47,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 47,600 km², to within 2%.

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