Lower Saxony is 1.04× the size of Espírito Santo

What fits

• Espírito Santo is 96% of the size of Lower Saxony.
• Lower Saxony is larger by 1,790 km² (691 mi²), which is 3.9% of the area of Espírito Santo.
• Measured in Belgiums: Lower Saxony is about 1.55, Espírito Santo about 1.49.

How they differ

• Lower Saxony also has the larger population: 7.9 million against 3.8 million, 2.07× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 167 in Lower Saxony against 84 in Espírito Santo: Lower Saxony is 1.99× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 9,360 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Lower Saxony at 53°N is drawn about 2.7× too large and Espírito Santo at 20°S about 1.1×, so the map shows Lower Saxony as 2.52× the size of Espírito Santo instead of 1.04×.
• Together Lower Saxony and Espírito Santo cover 93,400 km², close to the size of Hungary (93,200 km², 0.2% smaller).
• The gap between them, 1,790 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
• At Espírito Santo's density, Lower Saxony would have 4.0 million people (it has 7.9 million). At Lower Saxony's density, Espírito Santo would have 7.6 million (it has 3.8 million).
• Lower Saxony's centre is 72.3° of latitude, about 8,040 km, farther north than Espírito Santo'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.
• Espírito Santo is the 23rd largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 0.5% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
• Lower Saxony lies about 72° of latitude (roughly 8,040 km) north of Espírito Santo, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Lower Saxony would have about 5,990 m² and each person in Espírito Santo about 11,950 m².
• Laid side by side, Lower Saxony and Espírito Santo would cover 93,400 km², about the same size as Hungary.
• Together they have 11.8 million people, about as many people as Belgium.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2022. 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 46,100 km² agrees with our measured area of 45,800 km², to within 2%.

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