Kazakhstan is 19.8× the size of New York

What fits

• New York fits inside Kazakhstan about 19.8 times by area.
• Kazakhstan is larger by 2,577,000 km² (995,000 mi²), which is 1,882% of the area of New York.
• Measured in Belgiums: Kazakhstan is about 88.5, New York about 4.46.

How they differ

• Kazakhstan is larger, but New York has the larger population: 20.2 million against 20.1 million, 1.00× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 148 in New York against 7.4 in Kazakhstan: New York is 19.9× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 9,230 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Kazakhstan at 48°N is drawn about 2.3× too large and New York at 43°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Kazakhstan as 24.0× the size of New York instead of 19.8×.
• Together Kazakhstan and New York cover 2,851,000 km², close to the size of Argentina (2,783,000 km², 2.4% smaller).
• The gap between them, 2,577,000 km², is about the size of Argentina (2,783,000 km²).
• At New York's density, Kazakhstan would have 400.4 million people (it has 20.1 million). At Kazakhstan's density, New York would have 1.0 million (it has 20.2 million).
• Kazakhstan's centre is 5.4° of latitude, about 600 km, farther north than New York's.
• Kazakhstan ranks 10th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• New York is the 28th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.4% of its area; it is the 8th most densely populated of them.
• Kazakhstan lies about 5° of latitude (roughly 598 km) north of New York.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Kazakhstan would have about 134,770 m² and each person in New York about 6,780 m².
• Laid side by side, Kazakhstan and New York would cover 2,851,000 km², about the same size as Argentina.
• Together they have 40.3 million people, about as many people as Sudan.
• Counted as a country, New York would rank 96th by area and 62nd by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 2,725,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,714,000 km², to within 2%.
• Our measured 137,000 km² is 3.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 141,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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