Kansas is 13.8× the size of Schleswig-Holstein
Kansas (state of the United States) covers about 213,000 km² (82,200 mi²) and Schleswig-Holstein (state of Germany) about 15,400 km² (5,960 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 213,000km²Kansas
- 15,400km²Schleswig-Holstein
200 km
- Kansas
- Schleswig-Holstein
What fits
- Schleswig-Holstein fits inside Kansas about 13.8 times by area.
- Kansas is larger by 197,000 km² (76,200 mi²), which is 1,279% of the area of Schleswig-Holstein.
- Measured in Belgiums: Kansas is about 6.94, Schleswig-Holstein about 0.50.
How they differ
- Kansas is larger, but Schleswig-Holstein has the larger population: 3.0 million against 2.9 million, 1.01× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 191 in Schleswig-Holstein against 14 in Kansas: Schleswig-Holstein is 13.9× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 7,650 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Kansas at 38°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Schleswig-Holstein at 54°N about 2.9×, so the map shows Kansas as 7.71× the size of Schleswig-Holstein instead of 13.8×.
- Together Kansas and Schleswig-Holstein cover 228,000 km², close to the size of Laos (228,000 km², 0.1% smaller).
- The gap between them, 197,000 km², is about the size of Senegal (196,000 km²).
- At Schleswig-Holstein's density, Kansas would have 40.7 million people (it has 2.9 million). At Kansas's density, Schleswig-Holstein would have 213,000 (it has 3.0 million).
- Schleswig-Holstein's centre is 15.7° of latitude, about 1,740 km, farther north than Kansas'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.
- Schleswig-Holstein is the 12th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 4.3% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
- Schleswig-Holstein lies about 16° of latitude (roughly 1,740 km) north of Kansas.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Kansas would have about 72,440 m² and each person in Schleswig-Holstein about 5,230 m².
- Laid side by side, Kansas and Schleswig-Holstein would cover 228,000 km², about the same size as Laos.
- Together they have 5.9 million people, about as many people as Denmark.
Side by side
| Kansas | Schleswig-Holstein | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateUnited States | StateGermany |
| Area, measured | 213,000 km²82,200 mi² | 15,400 km²5,960 mi² |
| Official area | 213,000 km²Wikidata | 15,800 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 15th of 51in the United States | 12th of 16in Germany |
| Population | 2.9 millionWikidata, 2020 | 3.0 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 35th of 51in the United States | 9th of 16in Germany |
| Density | 14 per km² | 191 per km² |
| Capital | Topeka | Kiel |
| Latitude range | 37°N to 40°N | 53°N to 55°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2022. 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 15,400 km² is 2.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 15,800 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