Romania is 1.73× the size of New York
Romania (Europe) covers about 236,000 km² (91,300 mi²) and New York (state of the United States) about 137,000 km² (52,900 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 236,000km²Romania
- 137,000km²New York
200 km
- Romania
- New York
What fits
- New York is 58% of the size of Romania.
- Romania is larger by 99,400 km² (38,400 mi²), which is 73% of the area of New York.
- Measured in Belgiums: Romania is about 7.71, New York about 4.46.
How they differ
- Romania is larger, but New York has the larger population: 20.2 million against 19.1 million, 1.06× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 148 in New York against 81 in Romania: New York is 1.83× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 7,420 km apart.
- Together Romania and New York cover 373,000 km², close to the size of Japan (374,000 km², 0.1% bigger).
- The gap between them, 99,400 km², is about the size of South Korea (98,500 km²).
- At New York's density, Romania would have 34.9 million people (it has 19.1 million). At Romania's density, New York would have 11.0 million (it has 20.2 million).
- Romania's centre is 2.9° of latitude, about 320 km, farther north than New York's.
- Romania ranks 83rd of 246 countries and territories by area.
- New York is the 28th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.4% of its area; it is the 8th most densely populated of them.
- Romania lies about 3° of latitude (roughly 318 km) north of New York.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Romania would have about 12,410 m² and each person in New York about 6,780 m².
- Laid side by side, Romania and New York would cover 373,000 km², about the same size as Japan.
- Together they have 39.3 million people, about as many people as Iraq.
- Counted as a country, New York would rank 96th by area and 62nd by population.
Side by side
| Romania | New York | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryEurope | StateUnited States |
| Area, measured | 236,000 km²91,300 mi² | 137,000 km²52,900 mi² |
| Official area | 238,000 km²Wikidata | 141,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 82nd of 239worldwide | 28th of 51in the United States |
| Population | 19.1 millionWikidata, 2022 | 20.2 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 66th of 237worldwide | 4th of 51in the United States |
| Density | 81 per km² | 148 per km² |
| Capital | Bucharest | Albany |
| Latitude range | 44°N to 48°N | 40°N to 45°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 238,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 236,000 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 137,000 km² is 3.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 141,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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