Nagano is 1.08× the size of Connecticut

What fits

• Connecticut is 93% of the size of Nagano.
• Nagano is larger by 992 km² (383 mi²), which is 7.8% of the area of Connecticut.
• Measured in Belgiums: Nagano is about 0.45, Connecticut about 0.41.

How they differ

• Nagano is larger, but Connecticut has the larger population: 3.6 million against 2.0 million, 1.78× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 284 in Connecticut against 148 in Nagano: Connecticut is 1.92× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 10,800 km apart.
• On a standard web map Connecticut looks larger than Nagano: Nagano at 36°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Connecticut at 42°N about 1.8×, so the map shows Connecticut as 1.08× the size of Nagano, when Nagano is 1.08× the size of Connecticut.
• Together Nagano and Connecticut cover 26,400 km², close to the size of Equatorial Guinea (26,700 km², 1.0% bigger).
• The gap between them, 992 km², is about the size of Hong Kong (1,040 km²).
• At Connecticut's density, Nagano would have 3.9 million people (it has 2.0 million). At Nagano's density, Connecticut would have 1.9 million (it has 3.6 million).
• Connecticut's centre is 5.5° of latitude, about 610 km, farther north than Nagano's.
• Nagano is the 4th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 3.7% of its area; it is the 38th most densely populated of them.
• Connecticut is the 48th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.1% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
• Connecticut lies about 6° of latitude (roughly 612 km) north of Nagano.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Nagano would have about 6,770 m² and each person in Connecticut about 3,520 m².
• Laid side by side, Nagano and Connecticut would cover 26,400 km², about the same size as Equatorial Guinea.
• Together they have 5.6 million people, about as many people as Norway.

Side by side

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

• Wikidata's official figure of 13,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 13,700 km², to within 2%.
• Our measured 12,700 km² is 12% below Wikidata's official figure of 14,400 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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