Mississippi is 1.01× the size of Eritrea

What fits

• Eritrea is 99% of the size of Mississippi.
• Mississippi is larger by 1,270 km² (490 mi²), which is 1.0% of the area of Eritrea.
• Measured in Belgiums: Mississippi is about 4.04, Eritrea about 4.00.

How they differ

• Mississippi is larger, but Eritrea has the larger population: 3.5 million against 3.0 million, 1.18× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 29 in Eritrea against 24 in Mississippi: Eritrea is 1.19× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 12,400 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Mississippi at 33°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Eritrea at 15°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Mississippi as 1.33× the size of Eritrea instead of 1.01×.
• Together Mississippi and Eritrea cover 246,000 km², close to the size of Guinea (244,000 km², 0.8% smaller).
• The gap between them, 1,270 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
• At Eritrea's density, Mississippi would have 3.5 million people (it has 3.0 million). At Mississippi's density, Eritrea would have 2.9 million (it has 3.5 million).
• Mississippi's centre is 17.4° of latitude, about 1,930 km, farther north than Eritrea'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.
• Eritrea ranks 100th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Mississippi lies about 17° of latitude (roughly 1,930 km) north of Eritrea.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Mississippi would have about 41,810 m² and each person in Eritrea about 35,040 m².
• Laid side by side, Mississippi and Eritrea would cover 246,000 km², about the same size as Guinea.
• Together they have 6.5 million people, about as many people as Bulgaria.
• Counted as a country, Mississippi would rank 99th by area and 137th by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2019. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 125,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 124,000 km², to within 2%.
• Our measured 123,000 km² is 4.2% above Wikidata's official figure of 118,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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