Manipur is 1.40× the size of Iwate

What fits

• Iwate is 71% of the size of Manipur.
• Manipur is larger by 6,200 km² (2,390 mi²), which is 40% of the area of Iwate.
• Measured in Belgiums: Manipur is about 0.71, Iwate about 0.50.

How they differ

• Manipur also has the larger population: 2.9 million against 1.2 million, 2.37× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 132 in Manipur against 78 in Iwate: Manipur is 1.69× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 4,700 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Manipur at 25°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Iwate at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Manipur as 1.01× the size of Iwate instead of 1.40×.
• Together Manipur and Iwate cover 37,100 km², close to the size of Netherlands (37,100 km², 0.1% smaller).
• The gap between them, 6,200 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
• At Iwate's density, Manipur would have 1.7 million people (it has 2.9 million). At Manipur's density, Iwate would have 2.0 million (it has 1.2 million).
• Iwate's centre is 14.9° of latitude, about 1,650 km, farther north than Manipur's.
• Manipur is the 25th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 0.7% of its area; it is the 28th most densely populated of them.
• Iwate is the 2nd largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 4.1% of its area; it is the 46th most densely populated of them.
• Iwate lies about 15° of latitude (roughly 1,650 km) north of Manipur.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Manipur would have about 7,590 m² and each person in Iwate about 12,830 m².
• Laid side by side, Manipur and Iwate would cover 37,100 km², about the same size as the Netherlands.
• Together they have 4.1 million people, 1.03× as many people as Georgia.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2011 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Our measured 21,700 km² is 2.9% below Wikidata's official figure of 22,300 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
• Wikidata's official figure of 15,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 15,500 km², to within 2%.

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• All 36 states and union territories of Indiamatched to countries
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