North Dakota is 43.3× the size of Fukui

What fits

• Fukui fits inside North Dakota about 43.3 times by area.
• North Dakota is larger by 179,000 km² (68,900 mi²), which is 4,230% of the area of Fukui.
• Measured in Belgiums: North Dakota is about 5.96, Fukui about 0.14.

How they differ

• North Dakota also has the larger population: 779,000 against 765,000, 1.02× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 181 in Fukui against 4.3 in North Dakota: Fukui is 42.5× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 9,180 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: North Dakota at 47°N is drawn about 2.2× too large and Fukui at 36°N about 1.5×, so the map shows North Dakota as 62.2× the size of Fukui instead of 43.3×.
• Together North Dakota and Fukui cover 187,000 km², close to the size of Syria (186,000 km², 0.5% smaller).
• The gap between them, 179,000 km², is about the size of Uruguay (177,000 km²).
• At Fukui's density, North Dakota would have 33.1 million people (it has 779,000). At North Dakota's density, Fukui would have 18,000 (it has 765,000).
• North Dakota's centre is 11.6° of latitude, about 1,290 km, farther north than Fukui's.
• North Dakota is the 18th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.9% of its area; it is the 48th most densely populated of them.
• Fukui is the 35th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 31st most densely populated of them.
• North Dakota lies about 12° of latitude (roughly 1,290 km) north of Fukui.
• Shared out evenly, each person in North Dakota would have about 234,560 m² and each person in Fukui about 5,520 m².
• Laid side by side, North Dakota and Fukui would cover 187,000 km², about the same size as Syria.
• Together they have 1.5 million people, 1.10× as many people as East Timor.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 183,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 183,000 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 4,190 km² agrees with our measured area of 4,220 km², to within 2%.

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