Kochi is 43.7× the size of Washington, D.C.

What fits

• Washington, D.C. fits inside Kochi about 43.7 times by area.
• Kochi is larger by 6,930 km² (2,670 mi²), which is 4,270% of the area of Washington, D.C.
• Measured in Belgiums: Kochi is about 0.23, Washington, D.C. about 0.01.

How they differ

• Kochi is larger, but Washington, D.C. has the larger population: 690,000 against 689,000, 1.00× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 4,251 in Washington, D.C. against 97 in Kochi: Washington, D.C. is 43.7× 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 Washington, D.C. at 39°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Kochi as 38.0× the size of Washington, D.C. instead of 43.7×.
• Together Kochi and Washington, D.C. cover 7,250 km², close to the size of Palestine (6,070 km², 16% smaller).
• The gap between them, 6,930 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
• At Washington, D.C.'s density, Kochi would have 30.1 million people (it has 689,000). At Kochi's density, Washington, D.C. would have 16,000 (it has 690,000).
• Washington, D.C.'s centre is 5.5° of latitude, about 610 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.
• Washington, D.C. is the 51st largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
• Washington, D.C. lies about 6° of latitude (roughly 612 km) north of Kochi.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Kochi would have about 10,290 m² and each person in Washington, D.C. about 240 m².
• Laid side by side, Kochi and Washington, D.C. would cover 7,250 km², 1.27× the size of Brunei.
• Together they have 1.4 million people, about as many people as Estonia.
• Washington, D.C. is drawn from 10 points: at a size under 2,500 km² the outline is a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.

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 162 km² is 8.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 177 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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