São Tomé and Príncipe is 1.34× the size of Hamburg

What fits

• Hamburg is 75% of the size of São Tomé and Príncipe.
• São Tomé and Príncipe is larger by 264 km² (102 mi²), which is 34% of the area of Hamburg.
• Measured in Belgiums: São Tomé and Príncipe is about 0.03, Hamburg about 0.03.

How they differ

• São Tomé and Príncipe is larger, but Hamburg has the larger population: 1.9 million against 204,000, 9.26× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 2,446 in Hamburg against 197 in São Tomé and Príncipe: Hamburg is 12.4× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 5,910 km apart.
• On a standard web map Hamburg looks larger than São Tomé and Príncipe: São Tomé and Príncipe at 0°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Hamburg at 54°N about 2.8×, so the map shows Hamburg as 2.11× the size of São Tomé and Príncipe, when São Tomé and Príncipe is 1.34× the size of Hamburg.
• Together São Tomé and Príncipe and Hamburg cover 1,810 km², close to the size of Comoros (1,670 km², 7.7% smaller).
• The gap between them, 264 km², is about the size of Saint Kitts and Nevis (264 km²).
• At Hamburg's density, São Tomé and Príncipe would have 2.5 million people (it has 204,000). At São Tomé and Príncipe's density, Hamburg would have 152,000 (it has 1.9 million).
• Hamburg's centre is 53.1° of latitude, about 5,900 km, farther north than São Tomé and Príncipe's.
• São Tomé and Príncipe ranks 185th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Hamburg is the 15th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 0.2% of its area; it is the 2nd most densely populated of them.
• Hamburg lies about 53° of latitude (roughly 5,900 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 Hamburg about 410 m².
• Laid side by side, São Tomé and Príncipe and Hamburg would cover 1,810 km², 1.08× the size of the Comoros.
• Together they have 2.1 million people, about as many people as Slovenia.
• São Tomé and Príncipe is drawn from 53 points and Hamburg is drawn from 52 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, Hamburg would rank 186th by area and 149th 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.
• Our measured 774 km² is 2.5% above Wikidata's official figure of 755 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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