Oklahoma is 1.96× the size of Oaxaca

What fits

• Oaxaca is 51% of the size of Oklahoma.
• Oklahoma is larger by 88,500 km² (34,200 mi²), which is 96% of the area of Oaxaca.
• Measured in Belgiums: Oklahoma is about 5.89, Oaxaca about 3.00.

How they differ

• Oklahoma is larger, but Oaxaca has the larger population: 4.0 million against 4.0 million, 1.00× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 43 in Oaxaca against 22 in Oklahoma: Oaxaca is 1.96× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 2,070 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Oklahoma at 36°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Oaxaca at 17°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Oklahoma as 2.71× the size of Oaxaca instead of 1.96×.
• Together Oklahoma and Oaxaca cover 273,000 km², close to the size of Burkina Faso (273,000 km², 0.0% smaller).
• The gap between them, 88,500 km², is about the size of Jordan (88,900 km²).
• At Oaxaca's density, Oklahoma would have 7.8 million people (it has 4.0 million). At Oklahoma's density, Oaxaca would have 2.0 million (it has 4.0 million).
• Oklahoma's centre is 18.6° of latitude, about 2,070 km, farther north than Oaxaca's.
• Oklahoma is the 19th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.9% of its area; it is the 36th most densely populated of them.
• Oaxaca is the 5th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 4.7% of its area; it is the 23rd most densely populated of them.
• Oklahoma lies about 19° of latitude (roughly 2,070 km) north of Oaxaca.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Oklahoma would have about 45,620 m² and each person in Oaxaca about 23,230 m².
• Laid side by side, Oklahoma and Oaxaca would cover 273,000 km², about the same size as Burkina Faso.
• Together they have 7.9 million people, about as many people as Togo.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2015. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 181,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 181,000 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 93,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 92,200 km², to within 2%.

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