Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is 1.06× the size of Djibouti

What fits

• Djibouti is 94% of the size of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
• Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is larger by 1,360 km² (525 mi²), which is 6.2% of the area of Djibouti.
• Measured in Belgiums: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is about 0.76, Djibouti about 0.71.

How they differ

• Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania also has the larger population: 1.6 million against 1.2 million, 1.36× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 68 in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania against 53 in Djibouti: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is 1.28× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 5,370 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Djibouti at 12°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as 2.91× the size of Djibouti instead of 1.06×.
• Together Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Djibouti cover 45,100 km², close to the size of Estonia (45,800 km², 1.7% bigger).
• The gap between them, 1,360 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
• At Djibouti's density, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania would have 1.2 million people (it has 1.6 million). At Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's density, Djibouti would have 1.5 million (it has 1.2 million).
• Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's centre is 42.0° of latitude, about 4,670 km, farther north than Djibouti's.
• Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is the 6th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 6.5% of its area; it is the 16th most densely populated of them.
• Djibouti ranks 153rd of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania lies about 42° of latitude (roughly 4,670 km) north of Djibouti.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania would have about 14,770 m² and each person in Djibouti about 18,950 m².
• Laid side by side, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Djibouti would cover 45,100 km², about the same size as Estonia.
• Together they have 2.7 million people, about as many people as Jamaica.
• Counted as a country, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania would rank 150th by area and 154th by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2023. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 23,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 23,200 km², to within 2%.
• Our measured 21,800 km² is 5.8% below Wikidata's official figure of 23,200 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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