Missouri is 8.59× the size of Hesse
Missouri (state of the United States) covers about 180,000 km² (69,700 mi²) and Hesse (state of Germany) about 21,000 km² (8,110 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 180,000km²Missouri
- 21,000km²Hesse
100 km
- Missouri
- Hesse
What fits
- Hesse fits inside Missouri about 8.59 times by area.
- Missouri is larger by 159,000 km² (61,600 mi²), which is 759% of the area of Hesse.
- Measured in Belgiums: Missouri is about 5.88, Hesse about 0.69.
How they differ
- Missouri is larger, but Hesse has the larger population: 6.2 million against 6.2 million, 1.01× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 295 in Hesse against 34 in Missouri: Hesse is 8.66× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 7,520 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Missouri at 38°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Hesse at 51°N about 2.5×, so the map shows Missouri as 5.63× the size of Hesse instead of 8.59×.
- Together Missouri and Hesse cover 201,000 km², close to the size of Kyrgyzstan (199,000 km², 1.2% smaller).
- The gap between them, 159,000 km², is about the size of Tunisia (157,000 km²).
- At Hesse's density, Missouri would have 53.3 million people (it has 6.2 million). At Missouri's density, Hesse would have 717,000 (it has 6.2 million).
- Hesse's centre is 12.2° of latitude, about 1,360 km, farther north than Missouri's.
- Missouri is the 20th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.9% of its area; it is the 29th most densely populated of them.
- Hesse is the 7th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 5.9% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
- Hesse lies about 12° of latitude (roughly 1,360 km) north of Missouri.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Missouri would have about 29,320 m² and each person in Hesse about 3,390 m².
- Laid side by side, Missouri and Hesse would cover 201,000 km², about the same size as Kyrgyzstan.
- Together they have 12.4 million people, about as many people as Bolivia.
Side by side
| Missouri | Hesse | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateUnited States | StateGermany |
| Area, measured | 180,000 km²69,700 mi² | 21,000 km²8,110 mi² |
| Official area | 181,000 km²Wikidata | 21,100 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 20th of 51in the United States | 7th of 16in Germany |
| Population | 6.2 millionWikidata, 2020 | 6.2 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 19th of 51in the United States | 5th of 16in Germany |
| Density | 34 per km² | 295 per km² |
| Capital | Jefferson City | Wiesbaden |
| Latitude range | 36°N to 41°N | 49°N to 52°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 181,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 180,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 21,100 km² agrees with our measured area of 21,000 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
- Drawing
- Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12