North Dakota is 1.02× the size of Sonora

What fits

• Sonora is 98% of the size of North Dakota.
• North Dakota is larger by 3,570 km² (1,380 mi²), which is 2.0% of the area of Sonora.
• Measured in Belgiums: North Dakota is about 5.96, Sonora about 5.84.

How they differ

• North Dakota is larger, but Sonora has the larger population: 2.9 million against 779,000, 3.66× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 16 in Sonora against 4.3 in North Dakota: Sonora is 3.73× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 2,170 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: North Dakota at 47°N is drawn about 2.2× too large and Sonora at 30°N about 1.3×, so the map shows North Dakota as 1.68× the size of Sonora instead of 1.02×.
• Together North Dakota and Sonora cover 362,000 km², close to the size of Germany (358,000 km², 1.2% smaller).
• The gap between them, 3,570 km², is about the size of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (3,320 km²).
• At Sonora's density, North Dakota would have 2.9 million people (it has 779,000). At North Dakota's density, Sonora would have 764,000 (it has 2.9 million).
• North Dakota's centre is 17.8° of latitude, about 1,980 km, farther north than Sonora'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.
• Sonora is the 2nd largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 9.2% of its area; it is the 29th most densely populated of them.
• North Dakota lies about 18° of latitude (roughly 1,980 km) north of Sonora.
• Shared out evenly, each person in North Dakota would have about 234,560 m² and each person in Sonora about 62,860 m².
• Laid side by side, North Dakota and Sonora would cover 362,000 km², about the same size as Germany.
• Together they have 3.6 million people, 1.04× as many people as Eritrea.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2015. 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 180,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 179,000 km², to within 2%.

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