Rhode Island is 1.91× the size of Delhi
Rhode Island (state of the United States) covers about 2,830 km² (1,090 mi²) and Delhi (union territory of India) about 1,480 km² (572 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 2,830km²Rhode Island
- 1,480km²Delhi
20 km
- Rhode Island
- Delhi
What fits
- Delhi is 52% of the size of Rhode Island.
- Rhode Island is larger by 1,350 km² (521 mi²), which is 91% of the area of Delhi.
- Measured in Belgiums: Rhode Island is about 0.09, Delhi about 0.05.
How they differ
- Rhode Island is larger, but Delhi has the larger population: 16.8 million against 1.1 million, 15.3× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 11,325 in Delhi against 387 in Rhode Island: Delhi is 29.2× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 11,600 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Rhode Island at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Delhi at 29°N about 1.3×, so the map shows Rhode Island as 2.64× the size of Delhi instead of 1.91×.
- Together Rhode Island and Delhi cover 4,310 km², close to the size of Cape Verde (3,930 km², 9.0% smaller).
- The gap between them, 1,350 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
- At Delhi's density, Rhode Island would have 32.1 million people (it has 1.1 million). At Rhode Island's density, Delhi would have 574,000 (it has 16.8 million).
- Rhode Island's centre is 13.0° of latitude, about 1,450 km, farther north than Delhi's.
- Rhode Island is the 50th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the 3rd most densely populated of them.
- Delhi is the 32nd largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
- Rhode Island lies about 13° of latitude (roughly 1,450 km) north of Delhi.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Rhode Island would have about 2,580 m² and each person in Delhi about 90 m².
- Laid side by side, Rhode Island and Delhi would cover 4,310 km², 1.10× the size of Cape Verde.
- Together they have 17.9 million people, about as many people as the Netherlands.
- Delhi is drawn from 40 points: at a size under 2,500 km² the outline is a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.
Side by side
| Rhode Island | Delhi | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateUnited States | Union TerritoryIndia |
| Area, measured | 2,830 km²1,090 mi² | 1,480 km²572 mi² |
| Official area | 3,140 km²Wikidata | 1,480 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 50th of 51in the United States | 32nd of 36in India |
| Population | 1.1 millionWikidata, 2020 | 16.8 millionWikidata, 2011 |
| Rank by population | 43rd of 51in the United States | 19th of 36in India |
| Density | 387 per km² | 11,325 per km² |
| Capital | Providence | – |
| Latitude range | 41°N to 42°N | 28°N to 29°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2011. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 2,830 km² is 9.9% below Wikidata's official figure of 3,140 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
- Wikidata's official figure of 1,480 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,480 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
- Drawing
- Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12