Phetchabun is 2.40× the size of Delaware

What fits

• Delaware fits inside Phetchabun about 2.40 times by area.
• Phetchabun is larger by 7,260 km² (2,800 mi²), which is 140% of the area of Delaware.
• Measured in Belgiums: Phetchabun is about 0.41, Delaware about 0.17.

How they differ

• Phetchabun is larger, but Delaware has the larger population: 990,000 against 982,000, 1.01× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 191 in Delaware against 79 in Phetchabun: Delaware is 2.42× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 13,900 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Phetchabun at 16°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Delaware at 39°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Phetchabun as 1.58× the size of Delaware instead of 2.40×.
• Together Phetchabun and Delaware cover 17,600 km², close to the size of Kuwait (17,500 km², 0.7% smaller).
• The gap between them, 7,260 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
• At Delaware's density, Phetchabun would have 2.4 million people (it has 982,000). At Phetchabun's density, Delaware would have 408,000 (it has 990,000).
• Delaware's centre is 22.7° of latitude, about 2,530 km, farther north than Phetchabun's.
• Phetchabun is the 10th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 2.4% of its area; it is the 63rd 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 23° of latitude (roughly 2,530 km) north of Phetchabun.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Phetchabun would have about 12,660 m² and each person in Delaware about 5,220 m².
• Laid side by side, Phetchabun and Delaware would cover 17,600 km², about the same size as Kuwait.
• Together they have 2.0 million people, about as many people as Lesotho.

Side by side

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

• Wikidata's official figure of 12,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 12,400 km², to within 2%.
• 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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