Kumamoto is 1.40× the size of Delaware

What fits

• Delaware is 71% of the size of Kumamoto.
• Kumamoto is larger by 2,080 km² (804 mi²), which is 40% of the area of Delaware.
• Measured in Belgiums: Kumamoto is about 0.24, Delaware about 0.17.

How they differ

• Kumamoto also has the larger population: 1.7 million against 990,000, 1.75× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 239 in Kumamoto against 191 in Delaware: Kumamoto is 1.25× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 11,600 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Kumamoto at 33°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Delaware at 39°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Kumamoto as 1.19× the size of Delaware instead of 1.40×.
• Together Kumamoto and Delaware cover 12,400 km², close to the size of Vanuatu (12,300 km², 1.0% smaller).
• The gap between them, 2,080 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
• At Delaware's density, Kumamoto would have 1.4 million people (it has 1.7 million). At Kumamoto's density, Delaware would have 1.2 million (it has 990,000).
• Delaware's centre is 6.4° of latitude, about 710 km, farther north than Kumamoto's.
• Kumamoto is the 16th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.9% of its area; it is the 25th 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 711 km) north of Kumamoto.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Kumamoto would have about 4,190 m² and each person in Delaware about 5,220 m².
• Laid side by side, Kumamoto and Delaware would cover 12,400 km², about the same size as Vanuatu.
• Together they have 2.7 million people, about as many people as Jamaica.

Side by side

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

• Our measured 7,250 km² is 2.0% below Wikidata's official figure of 7,400 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
• 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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