New York is 1.04× the size of Greece

What fits

• Greece is 96% of the size of New York.
• New York is larger by 5,580 km² (2,150 mi²), which is 4.2% of the area of Greece.
• Measured in Belgiums: New York is about 4.46, Greece about 4.28.

How they differ

• New York also has the larger population: 20.2 million against 10.5 million, 1.93× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 148 in New York against 80 in Greece: New York is 1.85× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 7,770 km apart.
• Together New York and Greece cover 268,000 km², close to the size of New Zealand (268,000 km², 0.1% bigger).
• The gap between them, 5,580 km², is about the size of Brunei (5,720 km²).
• At Greece's density, New York would have 10.9 million people (it has 20.2 million). At New York's density, Greece would have 19.4 million (it has 10.5 million).
• New York's centre is 4.0° of latitude, about 440 km, farther north than Greece'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.
• Greece ranks 98th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• New York lies about 4° of latitude (roughly 441 km) north of Greece.
• Shared out evenly, each person in New York would have about 6,780 m² and each person in Greece about 12,530 m².
• Laid side by side, New York and Greece would cover 268,000 km², about the same size as New Zealand.
• Together they have 30.7 million people, about as many people as Ivory Coast.
• Counted as a country, New York would rank 96th by area and 62nd by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2021. 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 132,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 131,000 km², to within 2%.

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