New York is 1.96× the size of Bavaria

What fits

• Bavaria is 51% of the size of New York.
• New York is larger by 66,900 km² (25,800 mi²), which is 96% of the area of Bavaria.
• Measured in Belgiums: New York is about 4.46, Bavaria about 2.28.

How they differ

• New York also has the larger population: 20.2 million against 13.0 million, 1.55× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 186 in Bavaria against 148 in New York: Bavaria is 1.26× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 6,390 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: New York at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Bavaria at 49°N about 2.3×, so the map shows New York as 1.58× the size of Bavaria instead of 1.96×.
• Together New York and Bavaria cover 207,000 km², close to the size of Belarus (207,000 km², 0.3% bigger).
• The gap between them, 66,900 km², is about the size of Sri Lanka (66,300 km²).
• At Bavaria's density, New York would have 25.5 million people (it has 20.2 million). At New York's density, Bavaria would have 10.3 million (it has 13.0 million).
• Bavaria's centre is 5.9° of latitude, about 660 km, farther north than New York's.
• New York is the 28th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.4% of its area; it is the 8th most densely populated of them.
• Bavaria is the largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 20% of its area; it is the 11th most densely populated of them.
• Bavaria lies about 6° of latitude (roughly 661 km) north of New York.
• Shared out evenly, each person in New York would have about 6,780 m² and each person in Bavaria about 5,370 m².
• Laid side by side, New York and Bavaria would cover 207,000 km², about the same size as Belarus.
• Together they have 33.2 million people, about as many people as Saudi Arabia.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Our measured 137,000 km² is 3.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 141,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
• Wikidata's official figure of 70,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 70,000 km², to within 2%.

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