Oita is 1.27× the size of Delaware

What fits

• Delaware is 79% of the size of Oita.
• Oita is larger by 1,380 km² (532 mi²), which is 27% of the area of Delaware.
• Measured in Belgiums: Oita is about 0.21, Delaware about 0.17.

How they differ

• Oita also has the larger population: 1.1 million against 990,000, 1.13× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 191 in Delaware against 171 in Oita: Delaware is 1.12× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 11,500 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Oita at 33°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Delaware at 39°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Oita as 1.09× the size of Delaware instead of 1.27×.
• Together Oita and Delaware cover 11,700 km², close to the size of Falkland Islands (11,600 km², 1.1% smaller).
• The gap between them, 1,380 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
• At Delaware's density, Oita would have 1.3 million people (it has 1.1 million). At Oita's density, Delaware would have 885,000 (it has 990,000).
• Delaware's centre is 5.8° of latitude, about 650 km, farther north than Oita's.
• Oita is the 20th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.8% of its area; it is the 35th most densely populated of them.
• Delaware is the 49th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
• Delaware lies about 6° of latitude (roughly 645 km) north of Oita.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Oita would have about 5,840 m² and each person in Delaware about 5,220 m².
• Laid side by side, Oita and Delaware would cover 11,700 km², 95% of the size of Vanuatu.
• Together they have 2.1 million people, about as many people as Slovenia.

Side by side

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

• Our measured 6,550 km² is 3.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 6,340 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
• Our measured 5,170 km² is 20% below Wikidata's official figure of 6,450 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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