Louisiana is 1.71× the size of Bavaria

What fits

• Bavaria is 59% of the size of Louisiana.
• Louisiana is larger by 49,500 km² (19,100 mi²), which is 71% of the area of Bavaria.
• Measured in Belgiums: Louisiana is about 3.90, Bavaria about 2.28.

How they differ

• Louisiana is larger, but Bavaria has the larger population: 13.0 million against 4.7 million, 2.80× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 186 in Bavaria against 39 in Louisiana: Bavaria is 4.78× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 8,340 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Louisiana at 31°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Bavaria at 49°N about 2.3×, so the map shows Louisiana as 1.00× the size of Bavaria instead of 1.71×.
• Together Louisiana and Bavaria cover 190,000 km², close to the size of Syria (186,000 km², 1.9% smaller).
• The gap between them, 49,500 km², is about the size of Slovakia (48,500 km²).
• At Bavaria's density, Louisiana would have 22.3 million people (it has 4.7 million). At Louisiana's density, Bavaria would have 2.7 million (it has 13.0 million).
• Bavaria's centre is 17.9° of latitude, about 1,990 km, farther north than Louisiana's.
• Louisiana is the 32nd largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.3% of its area; it is the 26th most densely populated of them.
• Bavaria is the largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 20% of its area; it is the 11th most densely populated of them.
• Bavaria lies about 18° of latitude (roughly 1,990 km) north of Louisiana.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Louisiana would have about 25,670 m² and each person in Bavaria about 5,370 m².
• Laid side by side, Louisiana and Bavaria would cover 190,000 km², about the same size as Syria.
• Together they have 17.7 million people, about as many people as Malawi.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Our measured 120,000 km² is 12% below Wikidata's official figure of 135,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
• Wikidata's official figure of 70,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 70,000 km², to within 2%.

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