São Tomé and Príncipe is 1.17× the size of Berlin

What fits

• Berlin is 86% of the size of São Tomé and Príncipe.
• São Tomé and Príncipe is larger by 148 km² (57.1 mi²), which is 17% of the area of Berlin.
• Measured in Belgiums: São Tomé and Príncipe is about 0.03, Berlin about 0.03.

How they differ

• São Tomé and Príncipe is larger, but Berlin has the larger population: 3.8 million against 204,000, 18.4× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 4,223 in Berlin against 197 in São Tomé and Príncipe: Berlin is 21.4× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 5,820 km apart.
• On a standard web map Berlin looks larger than São Tomé and Príncipe: São Tomé and Príncipe at 0°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Berlin at 53°N about 2.7×, so the map shows Berlin as 2.31× the size of São Tomé and Príncipe, when São Tomé and Príncipe is 1.17× the size of Berlin.
• Together São Tomé and Príncipe and Berlin cover 1,930 km², close to the size of Mauritius (2,000 km², 3.8% bigger).
• The gap between them, 148 km², is about the size of Liechtenstein (137 km²).
• At Berlin's density, São Tomé and Príncipe would have 4.4 million people (it has 204,000). At São Tomé and Príncipe's density, Berlin would have 175,000 (it has 3.8 million).
• Berlin's centre is 52.1° of latitude, about 5,790 km, farther north than São Tomé and Príncipe's.
• São Tomé and Príncipe ranks 185th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Berlin is the 14th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 0.2% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
• Berlin lies about 52° of latitude (roughly 5,790 km) north of São Tomé and Príncipe.
• Shared out evenly, each person in São Tomé and Príncipe would have about 5,080 m² and each person in Berlin about 240 m².
• Laid side by side, São Tomé and Príncipe and Berlin would cover 1,930 km², 96% of the size of Mauritius.
• Together they have 4.0 million people, about as many people as Georgia.
• São Tomé and Príncipe is drawn from 53 points and Berlin is drawn from 57 points: at sizes under 2,500 km² the outlines are a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.
• Counted as a country, Berlin would rank 186th by area and 133rd by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2017 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Our measured 1,040 km² is 3.6% above Wikidata's official figure of 1,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
• Wikidata's official figure of 891 km² agrees with our measured area of 889 km², to within 2%.

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