Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is 1.54× the size of East Timor

What fits

• East Timor is 65% of the size of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
• Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is larger by 8,130 km² (3,140 mi²), which is 54% of the area of East Timor.
• Measured in Belgiums: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is about 0.76, East Timor about 0.49.

How they differ

• Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania also has the larger population: 1.6 million against 1.4 million, 1.12× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 93 in East Timor against 68 in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: East Timor is 1.37× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 12,300 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and East Timor at 9°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as 4.30× the size of East Timor instead of 1.54×.
• Together Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and East Timor cover 38,300 km², close to the size of Netherlands (37,100 km², 3.1% smaller).
• The gap between them, 8,130 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
• At East Timor's density, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania would have 2.2 million people (it has 1.6 million). At Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's density, East Timor would have 1.0 million (it has 1.4 million).
• Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's centre is 62.6° of latitude, about 6,960 km, farther north than East Timor'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.
• East Timor ranks 160th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania lies about 63° of latitude (roughly 6,960 km) north of East Timor, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania would have about 14,770 m² and each person in East Timor about 10,770 m².
• Laid side by side, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and East Timor would cover 38,300 km², 1.03× the size of the Netherlands.
• Together they have 3.0 million people, about as many people as Armenia.
• Counted as a country, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania would rank 150th by area and 154th by population.

Side by side

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

• Wikidata's official figure of 23,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 23,200 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 14,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 15,100 km², to within 2%.

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