North Korea is 1.02× the size of Louisiana

What fits

• Louisiana is 98% of the size of North Korea.
• North Korea is larger by 2,830 km² (1,090 mi²), which is 2.4% of the area of Louisiana.
• Measured in Belgiums: North Korea is about 3.99, Louisiana about 3.90.

How they differ

• North Korea also has the larger population: 26.4 million against 4.7 million, 5.67× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 216 in North Korea against 39 in Louisiana: North Korea is 5.54× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 11,100 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: North Korea at 40°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Louisiana at 31°N about 1.4×, so the map shows North Korea as 1.28× the size of Louisiana instead of 1.02×.
• Together North Korea and Louisiana cover 242,000 km², close to the size of Uganda (242,000 km², 0.0% smaller).
• The gap between them, 2,830 km², is about the size of Samoa (2,780 km²).
• At Louisiana's density, North Korea would have 4.8 million people (it has 26.4 million). At North Korea's density, Louisiana would have 25.8 million (it has 4.7 million).
• North Korea's centre is 9.1° of latitude, about 1,010 km, farther north than Louisiana's.
• North Korea ranks 101st of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Louisiana is the 32nd largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.3% of its area; it is the 26th most densely populated of them.
• North Korea lies about 9° of latitude (roughly 1,010 km) north of Louisiana.
• Shared out evenly, each person in North Korea would have about 4,630 m² and each person in Louisiana about 25,670 m².
• Laid side by side, North Korea and Louisiana would cover 242,000 km², about the same size as Uganda.
• Together they have 31.1 million people, about as many people as Ivory Coast.
• Counted as a country, Louisiana would rank 101st by area and 128th by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 121,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 122,000 km², to within 2%.
• Our measured 120,000 km² is 12% below Wikidata's official figure of 135,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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