Lower Saxony is 1.49× the size of Catalonia

What fits

• Catalonia is 67% of the size of Lower Saxony.
• Lower Saxony is larger by 15,600 km² (6,030 mi²), which is 49% of the area of Catalonia.
• Measured in Belgiums: Lower Saxony is about 1.55, Catalonia about 1.04.

How they differ

• Lower Saxony is larger, but Catalonia has the larger population: 8.0 million against 7.9 million, 1.01× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 251 in Catalonia against 167 in Lower Saxony: Catalonia is 1.51× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 1,350 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Lower Saxony at 53°N is drawn about 2.7× too large and Catalonia at 42°N about 1.8×, so the map shows Lower Saxony as 2.26× the size of Catalonia instead of 1.49×.
• Together Lower Saxony and Catalonia cover 79,600 km², close to the size of Czechia (78,800 km², 1.0% smaller).
• The gap between them, 15,600 km², is about the size of East Timor (15,100 km²).
• At Catalonia's density, Lower Saxony would have 12.0 million people (it has 7.9 million). At Lower Saxony's density, Catalonia would have 5.3 million (it has 8.0 million).
• Lower Saxony's centre is 11.0° of latitude, about 1,220 km, farther north than Catalonia's.
• Lower Saxony is the 2nd largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 13% of its area; it is the 12th most densely populated of them.
• Catalonia is the 6th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 6.3% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
• Lower Saxony lies about 11° of latitude (roughly 1,220 km) north of Catalonia.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Lower Saxony would have about 5,990 m² and each person in Catalonia about 3,980 m².
• Laid side by side, Lower Saxony and Catalonia would cover 79,600 km², about the same size as Czechia.
• Together they have 16.0 million people, 1.05× as many people as Zimbabwe.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2024. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 47,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 47,600 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 31,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 32,000 km², to within 2%.

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