Mississippi is 8.02× the size of Schleswig-Holstein

What fits

• Schleswig-Holstein fits inside Mississippi about 8.02 times by area.
• Mississippi is larger by 108,000 km² (41,800 mi²), which is 702% of the area of Schleswig-Holstein.
• Measured in Belgiums: Mississippi is about 4.04, Schleswig-Holstein about 0.50.

How they differ

• Mississippi also has the larger population: 3.0 million against 3.0 million, 1.00× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 191 in Schleswig-Holstein against 24 in Mississippi: Schleswig-Holstein is 8.00× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 7,680 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Mississippi at 33°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Schleswig-Holstein at 54°N about 2.9×, so the map shows Mississippi as 3.88× the size of Schleswig-Holstein instead of 8.02×.
• Together Mississippi and Schleswig-Holstein cover 139,000 km², close to the size of Bangladesh (137,000 km², 1.7% smaller).
• The gap between them, 108,000 km², is about the size of Guatemala (109,000 km²).
• At Schleswig-Holstein's density, Mississippi would have 23.7 million people (it has 3.0 million). At Mississippi's density, Schleswig-Holstein would have 369,000 (it has 3.0 million).
• Schleswig-Holstein's centre is 21.4° of latitude, about 2,380 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.
• Schleswig-Holstein is the 12th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 4.3% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
• Schleswig-Holstein lies about 21° of latitude (roughly 2,380 km) north of Mississippi.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Mississippi would have about 41,810 m² and each person in Schleswig-Holstein about 5,230 m².
• Laid side by side, Mississippi and Schleswig-Holstein would cover 139,000 km², about the same size as Bangladesh.
• Together they have 5.9 million people, about as many people as Denmark.

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%.
• Our measured 15,400 km² is 2.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 15,800 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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