Schleswig-Holstein is 1.96× the size of Miyazaki

What fits

• Miyazaki is 51% of the size of Schleswig-Holstein.
• Schleswig-Holstein is larger by 7,580 km² (2,930 mi²), which is 96% of the area of Miyazaki.
• Measured in Belgiums: Schleswig-Holstein is about 0.50, Miyazaki about 0.26.

How they differ

• Schleswig-Holstein also has the larger population: 3.0 million against 1.1 million, 2.78× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 191 in Schleswig-Holstein against 135 in Miyazaki: Schleswig-Holstein is 1.42× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 8,900 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Schleswig-Holstein at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Miyazaki at 32°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Schleswig-Holstein as 4.11× the size of Miyazaki instead of 1.96×.
• Together Schleswig-Holstein and Miyazaki cover 23,300 km², close to the size of Belize (22,300 km², 4.3% smaller).
• The gap between them, 7,580 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
• At Miyazaki's density, Schleswig-Holstein would have 2.1 million people (it has 3.0 million). At Schleswig-Holstein's density, Miyazaki would have 1.5 million (it has 1.1 million).
• Schleswig-Holstein's centre is 22.0° of latitude, about 2,450 km, farther north than Miyazaki's.
• Schleswig-Holstein is the 12th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 4.3% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
• Miyazaki is the 13th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.1% of its area; it is the 39th most densely populated of them.
• Schleswig-Holstein lies about 22° of latitude (roughly 2,450 km) north of Miyazaki.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Schleswig-Holstein would have about 5,230 m² and each person in Miyazaki about 7,400 m².
• Laid side by side, Schleswig-Holstein and Miyazaki would cover 23,300 km², 1.04× the size of Belize.
• Together they have 4.0 million people, about as many people as Georgia.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Our measured 15,400 km² is 2.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 15,800 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
• Wikidata's official figure of 7,740 km² agrees with our measured area of 7,860 km², to within 2%.

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