New South Wales is 1.02× the size of Mozambique

What fits

• Mozambique is 98% of the size of New South Wales.
• New South Wales is larger by 13,500 km² (5,210 mi²), which is 1.7% of the area of Mozambique.
• Measured in Belgiums: New South Wales is about 26.1, Mozambique about 25.7.

How they differ

• New South Wales is larger, but Mozambique has the larger population: 29.7 million against 8.5 million, 3.47× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 38 in Mozambique against 11 in New South Wales: Mozambique is 3.53× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 10,900 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: New South Wales at 32°S is drawn about 1.4× too large and Mozambique at 17°S about 1.1×, so the map shows New South Wales as 1.30× the size of Mozambique instead of 1.02×.
• Together New South Wales and Mozambique cover 1,590,000 km², close to the size of Mongolia (1,565,000 km², 1.6% smaller).
• The gap between them, 13,500 km², is about the size of Montenegro (13,700 km²).
• At Mozambique's density, New South Wales would have 30.2 million people (it has 8.5 million). At New South Wales's density, Mozambique would have 8.4 million (it has 29.7 million).
• Mozambique's centre is 15.0° of latitude, about 1,660 km, farther north than New South Wales's.
• New South Wales is the 5th largest of the 8 states and territories of Australia and covers 10% of its area; it is the 3rd most densely populated of them.
• Mozambique ranks 37th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Mozambique lies about 15° of latitude (roughly 1,660 km) north of New South Wales.
• Shared out evenly, each person in New South Wales would have about 93,850 m² and each person in Mozambique about 26,570 m².
• Laid side by side, New South Wales and Mozambique would cover 1,590,000 km², about the same size as Mongolia.
• Together they have 38.2 million people, about as many people as Iraq.
• Counted as a country, New South Wales would rank 36th by area and 100th by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2017. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 801,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 802,000 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 802,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 788,000 km², to within 2%.

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