Miyazaki is 1.52× the size of Delaware

What fits

• Delaware is 66% of the size of Miyazaki.
• Miyazaki is larger by 2,680 km² (1,040 mi²), which is 52% of the area of Delaware.
• Measured in Belgiums: Miyazaki is about 0.26, Delaware about 0.17.

How they differ

• Miyazaki also has the larger population: 1.1 million against 990,000, 1.07× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 191 in Delaware against 135 in Miyazaki: Delaware is 1.42× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 11,600 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Miyazaki at 32°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Delaware at 39°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Miyazaki as 1.28× the size of Delaware instead of 1.52×.
• Together Miyazaki and Delaware cover 13,000 km², close to the size of Bahamas (12,600 km², 3.3% smaller).
• The gap between them, 2,680 km², is about the size of Luxembourg (2,610 km²).
• At Delaware's density, Miyazaki would have 1.5 million people (it has 1.1 million). At Miyazaki's density, Delaware would have 698,000 (it has 990,000).
• Delaware's centre is 6.8° of latitude, about 760 km, farther north than Miyazaki's.
• Miyazaki is the 13th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.1% of its area; it is the 39th most densely populated of them.
• Delaware is the 49th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
• Delaware lies about 7° of latitude (roughly 758 km) north of Miyazaki.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Miyazaki would have about 7,400 m² and each person in Delaware about 5,220 m².
• Laid side by side, Miyazaki and Delaware would cover 13,000 km², 1.03× the size of the Bahamas.
• Together they have 2.1 million people, about as many people as Slovenia.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 7,740 km² agrees with our measured area of 7,860 km², to within 2%.
• Our measured 5,170 km² is 20% below Wikidata's official figure of 6,450 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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