Kochi is 1.37× the size of Delaware

What fits

• Delaware is 73% of the size of Kochi.
• Kochi is larger by 1,920 km² (740 mi²), which is 37% of the area of Delaware.
• Measured in Belgiums: Kochi is about 0.23, Delaware about 0.17.

How they differ

• Kochi is larger, but Delaware has the larger population: 990,000 against 689,000, 1.44× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 191 in Delaware against 97 in Kochi: Delaware is 1.97× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 11,400 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Kochi at 33°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Delaware at 39°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Kochi as 1.19× the size of Delaware instead of 1.37×.
• Together Kochi and Delaware cover 12,300 km², close to the size of Vanuatu (12,300 km², 0.3% bigger).
• The gap between them, 1,920 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
• At Delaware's density, Kochi would have 1.4 million people (it has 689,000). At Kochi's density, Delaware would have 503,000 (it has 990,000).
• Delaware's centre is 5.6° of latitude, about 620 km, farther north than Kochi's.
• Kochi is the 17th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.9% of its area; it is the 43rd most densely populated of them.
• Delaware is the 49th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
• Delaware lies about 6° of latitude (roughly 621 km) north of Kochi.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Kochi would have about 10,290 m² and each person in Delaware about 5,220 m².
• Laid side by side, Kochi and Delaware would cover 12,300 km², about the same size as Vanuatu.
• Together they have 1.7 million people, 91% as many people as North Macedonia.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 7,100 km² agrees with our measured area of 7,090 km², to within 2%.
• Our measured 5,170 km² is 20% below Wikidata's official figure of 6,450 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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