New South Wales is 7.73× the size of Virginia

What fits

• Virginia fits inside New South Wales about 7.73 times by area.
• New South Wales is larger by 698,000 km² (270,000 mi²), which is 673% of the area of Virginia.
• Measured in Belgiums: New South Wales is about 26.1, Virginia about 3.38.

How they differ

• New South Wales is larger, but Virginia has the larger population: 8.6 million against 8.5 million, 1.01× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 83 in Virginia against 11 in New South Wales: Virginia is 7.81× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 15,800 km apart.
• Together New South Wales and Virginia cover 906,000 km², close to the size of Nigeria (907,000 km², 0.2% bigger).
• The gap between them, 698,000 km², is about the size of Myanmar (663,000 km²).
• At Virginia's density, New South Wales would have 66.7 million people (it has 8.5 million). At New South Wales's density, Virginia would have 1.1 million (it has 8.6 million).
• Virginia's centre is 69.7° of latitude, about 7,750 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.
• Virginia is the 37th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 15th most densely populated of them.
• Virginia lies about 70° of latitude (roughly 7,750 km) north of New South Wales, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in New South Wales would have about 93,850 m² and each person in Virginia about 12,020 m².
• Laid side by side, New South Wales and Virginia would cover 906,000 km², about the same size as Nigeria.
• Together they have 17.2 million people, about as many people as Guatemala.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 801,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 802,000 km², to within 2%.
• Our measured 104,000 km² is 6.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 111,000 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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