Kansas is 9.20× the size of Meghalaya
Kansas (state of the United States) covers about 213,000 km² (82,200 mi²) and Meghalaya (state of India) about 23,100 km² (8,930 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 213,000km²Kansas
- 23,100km²Meghalaya
200 km
- Kansas
- Meghalaya
What fits
- Meghalaya fits inside Kansas about 9.20 times by area.
- Kansas is larger by 190,000 km² (73,200 mi²), which is 820% of the area of Meghalaya.
- Measured in Belgiums: Kansas is about 6.94, Meghalaya about 0.75.
How they differ
- Kansas is larger, but Meghalaya has the larger population: 3.0 million against 2.9 million, 1.01× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 128 in Meghalaya against 14 in Kansas: Meghalaya is 9.30× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 12,800 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Kansas at 38°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Meghalaya at 26°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Kansas as 12.2× the size of Meghalaya instead of 9.20×.
- Together Kansas and Meghalaya cover 236,000 km², close to the size of Romania (236,000 km², 0.2% bigger).
- The gap between them, 190,000 km², is about the size of Syria (186,000 km²).
- At Meghalaya's density, Kansas would have 27.3 million people (it has 2.9 million). At Kansas's density, Meghalaya would have 319,000 (it has 3.0 million).
- Kansas's centre is 13.0° of latitude, about 1,440 km, farther north than Meghalaya's.
- Kansas is the 15th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 2.2% of its area; it is the 42nd most densely populated of them.
- Meghalaya is the 24th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 0.7% of its area; it is the 29th most densely populated of them.
- Kansas lies about 13° of latitude (roughly 1,440 km) north of Meghalaya.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Kansas would have about 72,440 m² and each person in Meghalaya about 7,790 m².
- Laid side by side, Kansas and Meghalaya would cover 236,000 km², about the same size as Romania.
- Together they have 5.9 million people, about as many people as Denmark.
Side by side
| Kansas | Meghalaya | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateUnited States | StateIndia |
| Area, measured | 213,000 km²82,200 mi² | 23,100 km²8,930 mi² |
| Official area | 213,000 km²Wikidata | 22,400 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 15th of 51in the United States | 24th of 36in India |
| Population | 2.9 millionWikidata, 2020 | 3.0 millionWikidata, 2011 |
| Rank by population | 35th of 51in the United States | 24th of 36in India |
| Density | 14 per km² | 128 per km² |
| Capital | Topeka | Shillong |
| Latitude range | 37°N to 40°N | 25°N to 26°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2011. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 213,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 213,000 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 23,100 km² is 3.1% above Wikidata's official figure of 22,400 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
- Drawing
- Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12