Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is 1.50× the size of Iwate

What fits

• Iwate is 67% of the size of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
• Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is larger by 7,730 km² (2,990 mi²), which is 50% of the area of Iwate.
• Measured in Belgiums: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is about 0.76, Iwate about 0.50.

How they differ

• Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania also has the larger population: 1.6 million against 1.2 million, 1.30× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 78 in Iwate against 68 in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Iwate is 1.15× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 8,540 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Iwate at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as 2.55× the size of Iwate instead of 1.50×.
• Together Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Iwate cover 38,700 km², close to the size of Netherlands (37,100 km², 4.1% smaller).
• The gap between them, 7,730 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
• At Iwate's density, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania would have 1.8 million people (it has 1.6 million). At Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's density, Iwate would have 1.0 million (it has 1.2 million).
• Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's centre is 14.2° of latitude, about 1,570 km, farther north than Iwate'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.
• 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.
• Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania lies about 14° of latitude (roughly 1,570 km) north of Iwate.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania would have about 14,770 m² and each person in Iwate about 12,830 m².
• Laid side by side, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Iwate would cover 38,700 km², 1.04× the size of the Netherlands.
• Together they have 2.8 million people, about as many people as Albania.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2021. 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 15,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 15,500 km², to within 2%.

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