North Macedonia is 1.10× the size of Meghalaya

What fits

• Meghalaya is 91% of the size of North Macedonia.
• North Macedonia is larger by 2,260 km² (874 mi²), which is 9.8% of the area of Meghalaya.
• Measured in Belgiums: North Macedonia is about 0.83, Meghalaya about 0.75.

How they differ

• North Macedonia is larger, but Meghalaya has the larger population: 3.0 million against 1.8 million, 1.62× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 128 in Meghalaya against 72 in North Macedonia: Meghalaya is 1.77× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 6,510 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: North Macedonia at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Meghalaya at 26°N about 1.2×, so the map shows North Macedonia as 1.60× the size of Meghalaya instead of 1.10×.
• Together North Macedonia and Meghalaya cover 48,500 km², close to the size of Slovakia (48,500 km², 0.1% smaller).
• The gap between them, 2,260 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
• At Meghalaya's density, North Macedonia would have 3.3 million people (it has 1.8 million). At North Macedonia's density, Meghalaya would have 1.7 million (it has 3.0 million).
• North Macedonia's centre is 16.1° of latitude, about 1,790 km, farther north than Meghalaya's.
• North Macedonia ranks 149th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Meghalaya is the 24th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 0.7% of its area; it is the 29th most densely populated of them.
• North Macedonia lies about 16° of latitude (roughly 1,790 km) north of Meghalaya.
• Shared out evenly, each person in North Macedonia would have about 13,820 m² and each person in Meghalaya about 7,790 m².
• Laid side by side, North Macedonia and Meghalaya would cover 48,500 km², about the same size as Slovakia.
• Together they have 4.8 million people, about as many people as Oman.
• Counted as a country, Meghalaya would rank 150th by area and 137th by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2011. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 25,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 25,400 km², to within 2%.
• Our measured 23,100 km² is 3.1% above Wikidata's official figure of 22,400 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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