Mizoram and Massachusetts are almost exactly the same size
Mizoram (state of India) covers about 21,200 km² (8,200 mi²) and Massachusetts (state of the United States) about 21,200 km² (8,170 mi²). Their outlines are laid over each other below at one scale.
- 21,200km²Mizoram
- 21,200km²Massachusetts
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- Mizoram
- Massachusetts
What fits
- Massachusetts is 100% of the size of Mizoram.
- The measured areas differ by 81.1 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
- Measured in Belgiums: Mizoram is about 0.69, Massachusetts about 0.69.
How they differ
- Mizoram is larger, but Massachusetts has the larger population: 7.0 million against 1.1 million, 6.41× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 332 in Massachusetts against 52 in Mizoram: Massachusetts is 6.43× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 12,600 km apart.
- On a standard web map Massachusetts looks larger than Mizoram: Mizoram at 23°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Massachusetts at 42°N about 1.8×, so the map shows Massachusetts as 1.53× the size of Mizoram, when Mizoram is 1.00× the size of Massachusetts.
- Together Mizoram and Massachusetts cover 42,400 km², close to the size of Denmark (42,700 km², 0.7% bigger).
- At Massachusetts's density, Mizoram would have 7.1 million people (it has 1.1 million). At Mizoram's density, Massachusetts would have 1.1 million (it has 7.0 million).
- Massachusetts's centre is 19.0° of latitude, about 2,110 km, farther north than Mizoram's.
- Mizoram is the 26th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 0.7% of its area; it is the 33rd most densely populated of them.
- Massachusetts is the 45th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.2% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
- Massachusetts lies about 19° of latitude (roughly 2,110 km) north of Mizoram.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Mizoram would have about 19,360 m² and each person in Massachusetts about 3,010 m².
- Laid side by side, Mizoram and Massachusetts would cover 42,400 km², about the same size as Denmark.
- Together they have 8.1 million people, about as many people as Honduras.
Side by side
| Mizoram | Massachusetts | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateIndia | StateUnited States |
| Area, measured | 21,200 km²8,200 mi² | 21,200 km²8,170 mi² |
| Official area | 21,100 km²Wikidata | 27,300 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 26th of 36in India | 45th of 51in the United States |
| Population | 1.1 millionWikidata, 2011 | 7.0 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 30th of 36in India | 15th of 51in the United States |
| Density | 52 per km² | 332 per km² |
| Capital | Aizawl | Boston |
| Latitude range | 22°N to 24°N | 41°N to 43°N |
Population: Wikidata 2011 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 21,100 km² agrees with our measured area of 21,200 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 21,200 km² is 23% below Wikidata's official figure of 27,300 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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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