Mississippi is 1.02× the size of Durango

What fits

• Durango is 98% of the size of Mississippi.
• Mississippi is larger by 2,780 km² (1,070 mi²), which is 2.3% of the area of Durango.
• Measured in Belgiums: Mississippi is about 4.04, Durango about 3.95.

How they differ

• Mississippi also has the larger population: 3.0 million against 1.8 million, 1.69× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 24 in Mississippi against 14 in Durango: Mississippi is 1.65× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 1,720 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Mississippi at 33°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Durango at 25°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Mississippi as 1.19× the size of Durango instead of 1.02×.
• Together Mississippi and Durango cover 245,000 km², close to the size of Guinea (244,000 km², 0.2% smaller).
• The gap between them, 2,780 km², is about the size of Samoa (2,780 km²).
• At Durango's density, Mississippi would have 1.8 million people (it has 3.0 million). At Mississippi's density, Durango would have 2.9 million (it has 1.8 million).
• Mississippi's centre is 7.8° of latitude, about 870 km, farther north than Durango's.
• Mississippi is the 31st largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.3% of its area; it is the 34th most densely populated of them.
• Durango is the 4th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 6.2% of its area; it is the 30th most densely populated of them.
• Mississippi lies about 8° of latitude (roughly 869 km) north of Durango.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Mississippi would have about 41,810 m² and each person in Durango about 68,970 m².
• Laid side by side, Mississippi and Durango would cover 245,000 km², about the same size as Guinea.
• Together they have 4.7 million people, about as many people as Mauritania.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2015. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 125,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 124,000 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 123,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 121,000 km², to within 2%.

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