Mississippi is 1.46× the size of Nouvelle-Aquitaine

What fits

• Nouvelle-Aquitaine is 69% of the size of Mississippi.
• Mississippi is larger by 38,800 km² (15,000 mi²), which is 46% of the area of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
• Measured in Belgiums: Mississippi is about 4.04, Nouvelle-Aquitaine about 2.77.

How they differ

• Mississippi is larger, but Nouvelle-Aquitaine has the larger population: 6.1 million against 3.0 million, 2.06× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 72 in Nouvelle-Aquitaine against 24 in Mississippi: Nouvelle-Aquitaine is 3.01× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 7,490 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Mississippi at 33°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Nouvelle-Aquitaine at 45°N about 2.0×, so the map shows Mississippi as 1.02× the size of Nouvelle-Aquitaine instead of 1.46×.
• Together Mississippi and Nouvelle-Aquitaine cover 209,000 km², close to the size of Belarus (207,000 km², 0.6% smaller).
• The gap between them, 38,800 km², is about the size of Bhutan (40,400 km²).
• At Nouvelle-Aquitaine's density, Mississippi would have 8.9 million people (it has 3.0 million). At Mississippi's density, Nouvelle-Aquitaine would have 2.0 million (it has 6.1 million).
• Nouvelle-Aquitaine's centre is 12.4° of latitude, about 1,380 km, farther north than Mississippi'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.
• Nouvelle-Aquitaine is the largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 13% of its area; it is the 14th most densely populated of them.
• Nouvelle-Aquitaine lies about 12° of latitude (roughly 1,380 km) north of Mississippi.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Mississippi would have about 41,810 m² and each person in Nouvelle-Aquitaine about 13,900 m².
• Laid side by side, Mississippi and Nouvelle-Aquitaine would cover 209,000 km², about the same size as Belarus.
• Together they have 9.1 million people, about as many people as Belarus.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2022. 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 84,100 km² agrees with our measured area of 85,000 km², to within 2%.

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