Kanchanaburi is 1.01× the size of New Jersey

What fits

• New Jersey is 99% of the size of Kanchanaburi.
• Kanchanaburi is larger by 289 km² (112 mi²), which is 1.5% of the area of New Jersey.
• Measured in Belgiums: Kanchanaburi is about 0.65, New Jersey about 0.64.

How they differ

• Kanchanaburi is larger, but New Jersey has the larger population: 9.3 million against 892,000, 10.4× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 472 in New Jersey against 45 in Kanchanaburi: New Jersey is 10.6× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 13,900 km apart.
• On a standard web map New Jersey looks larger than Kanchanaburi: Kanchanaburi at 15°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and New Jersey at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows New Jersey as 1.58× the size of Kanchanaburi, when Kanchanaburi is 1.01× the size of New Jersey.
• Together Kanchanaburi and New Jersey cover 39,600 km², close to the size of Bhutan (40,400 km², 2.0% bigger).
• The gap between them, 289 km², is about the size of Saint Kitts and Nevis (264 km²).
• At New Jersey's density, Kanchanaburi would have 9.4 million people (it has 892,000). At Kanchanaburi's density, New Jersey would have 879,000 (it has 9.3 million).
• New Jersey's centre is 25.6° of latitude, about 2,850 km, farther north than Kanchanaburi's.
• Kanchanaburi is the 3rd largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 3.9% of its area; it is the 74th most densely populated of them.
• New Jersey is the 46th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.2% of its area; it is the 2nd most densely populated of them.
• New Jersey lies about 26° of latitude (roughly 2,850 km) north of Kanchanaburi.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Kanchanaburi would have about 22,370 m² and each person in New Jersey about 2,120 m².
• Laid side by side, Kanchanaburi and New Jersey would cover 39,600 km², about the same size as Bhutan.
• Together they have 10.2 million people, about as many people as Azerbaijan.

Side by side

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

• Our measured 20,000 km² is 2.4% above Wikidata's official figure of 19,500 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
• Our measured 19,700 km² is 13% below Wikidata's official figure of 22,600 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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