Liguria is 1.06× the size of Delaware

What fits

• Delaware is 94% of the size of Liguria.
• Liguria is larger by 320 km² (123 mi²), which is 6.2% of the area of Delaware.
• Measured in Belgiums: Liguria is about 0.18, Delaware about 0.17.

How they differ

• Liguria also has the larger population: 1.6 million against 990,000, 1.57× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 282 in Liguria against 191 in Delaware: Liguria is 1.48× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 6,700 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Liguria at 44°N is drawn about 2.0× too large and Delaware at 39°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Liguria as 1.25× the size of Delaware instead of 1.06×.
• Together Liguria and Delaware cover 10,700 km², close to the size of Gambia (10,500 km², 1.5% smaller).
• The gap between them, 320 km², is about the size of Malta (326 km²).
• At Delaware's density, Liguria would have 1.1 million people (it has 1.6 million). At Liguria's density, Delaware would have 1.5 million (it has 990,000).
• Liguria's centre is 5.3° of latitude, about 590 km, farther north than Delaware's.
• Liguria is the 18th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 1.8% of its area; it is the 4th 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.
• Liguria lies about 5° of latitude (roughly 586 km) north of Delaware.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Liguria would have about 3,540 m² and each person in Delaware about 5,220 m².
• Laid side by side, Liguria and Delaware would cover 10,700 km², about the same size as the Gambia.
• Together they have 2.5 million people, about as many people as Namibia.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2019 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 5,420 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,490 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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