New York is 1.44× the size of Castile and León

What fits

• Castile and León is 69% of the size of New York.
• New York is larger by 42,200 km² (16,300 mi²), which is 44% of the area of Castile and León.
• Measured in Belgiums: New York is about 4.46, Castile and León about 3.09.

How they differ

• New York also has the larger population: 20.2 million against 2.4 million, 8.46× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 148 in New York against 25 in Castile and León: New York is 5.85× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 5,640 km apart.
• Together New York and Castile and León cover 232,000 km², close to the size of Laos (228,000 km², 1.6% smaller).
• The gap between them, 42,200 km², is about the size of Denmark (42,700 km²).
• At Castile and León's density, New York would have 3.5 million people (it has 20.2 million). At New York's density, Castile and León would have 14.0 million (it has 2.4 million).
• New York's centre is 1.2° of latitude, about 140 km, farther north than Castile and León'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.
• Castile and León is the largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 19% of its area; it is the 18th most densely populated of them.
• Both lie at about the same latitude, 43°N and 42°N.
• Shared out evenly, each person in New York would have about 6,780 m² and each person in Castile and León about 39,690 m².
• Laid side by side, New York and Castile and León would cover 232,000 km², about the same size as Laos.
• Together they have 22.6 million people, about as many people as Mali.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2024. 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 94,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 94,800 km², to within 2%.

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