Rhineland-Palatinate is 1.02× the size of New Jersey

What fits

• New Jersey is 98% of the size of Rhineland-Palatinate.
• Rhineland-Palatinate is larger by 429 km² (166 mi²), which is 2.2% of the area of New Jersey.
• Measured in Belgiums: Rhineland-Palatinate is about 0.66, New Jersey about 0.64.

How they differ

• Rhineland-Palatinate is larger, but New Jersey has the larger population: 9.3 million against 4.1 million, 2.27× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 472 in New Jersey against 204 in Rhineland-Palatinate: New Jersey is 2.32× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 6,210 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Rhineland-Palatinate at 50°N is drawn about 2.4× too large and New Jersey at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Rhineland-Palatinate as 1.44× the size of New Jersey instead of 1.02×.
• Together Rhineland-Palatinate and New Jersey cover 39,800 km², close to the size of Bhutan (40,400 km², 1.7% bigger).
• The gap between them, 429 km², is about the size of Seychelles (436 km²).
• At New Jersey's density, Rhineland-Palatinate would have 9.5 million people (it has 4.1 million). At Rhineland-Palatinate's density, New Jersey would have 4.0 million (it has 9.3 million).
• Rhineland-Palatinate's centre is 9.7° of latitude, about 1,080 km, farther north than New Jersey'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.
• New Jersey is the 46th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.2% of its area; it is the 2nd most densely populated of them.
• Rhineland-Palatinate lies about 10° of latitude (roughly 1,080 km) north of New Jersey.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Rhineland-Palatinate would have about 4,910 m² and each person in New Jersey about 2,120 m².
• Laid side by side, Rhineland-Palatinate and New Jersey would cover 39,800 km², about the same size as Bhutan.
• Together they have 13.4 million people, about as many people as Burundi.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 19,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 20,100 km², to within 2%.
• Our measured 19,700 km² is 13% below Wikidata's official figure of 22,600 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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