Rhineland-Palatinate is 1.30× the size of Iwate

What fits

• Iwate is 77% of the size of Rhineland-Palatinate.
• Rhineland-Palatinate is larger by 4,620 km² (1,780 mi²), which is 30% of the area of Iwate.
• Measured in Belgiums: Rhineland-Palatinate is about 0.66, Iwate about 0.50.

How they differ

• Rhineland-Palatinate also has the larger population: 4.1 million against 1.2 million, 3.40× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 204 in Rhineland-Palatinate against 78 in Iwate: Rhineland-Palatinate is 2.61× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 9,090 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Rhineland-Palatinate at 50°N is drawn about 2.4× too large and Iwate at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Rhineland-Palatinate as 1.86× the size of Iwate instead of 1.30×.
• Together Rhineland-Palatinate and Iwate cover 35,600 km², close to the size of Taiwan (36,200 km², 1.8% bigger).
• The gap between them, 4,620 km², is about the size of Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km²).
• At Iwate's density, Rhineland-Palatinate would have 1.6 million people (it has 4.1 million). At Rhineland-Palatinate's density, Iwate would have 3.2 million (it has 1.2 million).
• Rhineland-Palatinate's centre is 10.3° of latitude, about 1,150 km, farther north than Iwate's.
• Rhineland-Palatinate is the 9th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 5.6% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
• Iwate is the 2nd largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 4.1% of its area; it is the 46th most densely populated of them.
• Rhineland-Palatinate lies about 10° of latitude (roughly 1,150 km) north of Iwate.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Rhineland-Palatinate would have about 4,910 m² and each person in Iwate about 12,830 m².
• Laid side by side, Rhineland-Palatinate and Iwate would cover 35,600 km², 96% of the size of the Netherlands.
• Together they have 5.3 million people, about as many people as New Zealand.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 19,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 20,100 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 15,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 15,500 km², to within 2%.

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