New York is 1.02× the size of Chhattisgarh

What fits

• Chhattisgarh is 98% of the size of New York.
• New York is larger by 2,420 km² (935 mi²), which is 1.8% of the area of Chhattisgarh.
• Measured in Belgiums: New York is about 4.46, Chhattisgarh about 4.39.

How they differ

• New York is larger, but Chhattisgarh has the larger population: 29.4 million against 20.2 million, 1.46× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 219 in Chhattisgarh against 148 in New York: Chhattisgarh is 1.48× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 12,500 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: New York at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Chhattisgarh at 21°N about 1.2×, so the map shows New York as 1.65× the size of Chhattisgarh instead of 1.02×.
• Together New York and Chhattisgarh cover 271,000 km², close to the size of Burkina Faso (273,000 km², 0.5% bigger).
• The gap between them, 2,420 km², is about the size of Luxembourg (2,610 km²).
• At Chhattisgarh's density, New York would have 30.0 million people (it has 20.2 million). At New York's density, Chhattisgarh would have 19.8 million (it has 29.4 million).
• New York's centre is 21.7° of latitude, about 2,420 km, farther north than Chhattisgarh'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.
• Chhattisgarh is the 9th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 4.3% of its area; it is the 25th most densely populated of them.
• New York lies about 22° of latitude (roughly 2,420 km) north of Chhattisgarh.
• Shared out evenly, each person in New York would have about 6,780 m² and each person in Chhattisgarh about 4,570 m².
• Laid side by side, New York and Chhattisgarh would cover 271,000 km², about the same size as Burkina Faso.
• Together they have 49.6 million people, about as many people as Spain.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020. 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 135,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 135,000 km², to within 2%.

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