La Rioja is 13.5× the size of Mayotte

What fits

• Mayotte fits inside La Rioja about 13.5 times by area.
• La Rioja is larger by 4,940 km² (1,910 mi²), which is 1,250% of the area of Mayotte.
• Measured in Belgiums: La Rioja is about 0.17, Mayotte about 0.01.

How they differ

• La Rioja also has the larger population: 324,000 against 321,000, 1.01× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 813 in Mayotte against 61 in La Rioja: Mayotte is 13.4× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 7,820 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: La Rioja at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Mayotte at 13°S about 1.1×, so the map shows La Rioja as 23.5× the size of Mayotte instead of 13.5×.
• Together La Rioja and Mayotte cover 5,730 km², close to the size of Brunei (5,720 km², 0.2% smaller).
• The gap between them, 4,940 km², is about the size of Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km²).
• At Mayotte's density, La Rioja would have 4.3 million people (it has 324,000). At La Rioja's density, Mayotte would have 24,000 (it has 321,000).
• La Rioja's centre is 55.1° of latitude, about 6,130 km, farther north than Mayotte's.
• La Rioja is the 16th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 15th most densely populated of them.
• Mayotte is the 18th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the 2nd most densely populated of them.
• La Rioja lies about 55° of latitude (roughly 6,130 km) north of Mayotte, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in La Rioja would have about 16,440 m² and each person in Mayotte about 1,230 m².
• Laid side by side, La Rioja and Mayotte would cover 5,730 km², about the same size as Brunei.
• Together they have 645,000 people, 1.05× as many people as Montenegro.
• Mayotte is drawn from 44 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 2024. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Our measured 5,330 km² is 5.7% above Wikidata's official figure of 5,050 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
• Our measured 395 km² is 5.6% above Wikidata's official figure of 374 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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