Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Meghalaya are almost exactly the same size

What fits

• Meghalaya is 100% of the size of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
• The measured areas differ by 86.6 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
• Measured in Belgiums: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is about 0.76, Meghalaya about 0.75.

How they differ

• Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is larger, but Meghalaya has the larger population: 3.0 million against 1.6 million, 1.89× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 128 in Meghalaya against 68 in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Meghalaya is 1.90× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 7,020 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Meghalaya at 26°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as 2.34× the size of Meghalaya instead of 1.00×.
• Together Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Meghalaya cover 46,300 km², close to the size of Estonia (45,800 km², 1.1% smaller).
• At Meghalaya's density, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania would have 3.0 million people (it has 1.6 million). At Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's density, Meghalaya would have 1.6 million (it has 3.0 million).
• Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's centre is 28.2° of latitude, about 3,140 km, farther north than Meghalaya'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.
• Meghalaya is the 24th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 0.7% of its area; it is the 29th most densely populated of them.
• Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania lies about 28° of latitude (roughly 3,140 km) north of Meghalaya.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania would have about 14,770 m² and each person in Meghalaya about 7,790 m².
• Laid side by side, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Meghalaya would cover 46,300 km², about the same size as Estonia.
• Together they have 4.5 million people, about as many people as Panama.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2011. 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 23,100 km² is 3.1% above Wikidata's official figure of 22,400 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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