Schleswig-Holstein is 1.80× the size of Surin

What fits

• Surin is 55% of the size of Schleswig-Holstein.
• Schleswig-Holstein is larger by 6,870 km² (2,650 mi²), which is 80% of the area of Surin.
• Measured in Belgiums: Schleswig-Holstein is about 0.50, Surin about 0.28.

How they differ

• Schleswig-Holstein also has the larger population: 3.0 million against 1.4 million, 2.14× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 191 in Schleswig-Holstein against 161 in Surin: Schleswig-Holstein is 1.19× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 8,920 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Schleswig-Holstein at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Surin at 15°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Schleswig-Holstein as 4.92× the size of Surin instead of 1.80×.
• Together Schleswig-Holstein and Surin cover 24,000 km², close to the size of Rwanda (25,300 km², 5.4% bigger).
• The gap between them, 6,870 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
• At Surin's density, Schleswig-Holstein would have 2.5 million people (it has 3.0 million). At Schleswig-Holstein's density, Surin would have 1.6 million (it has 1.4 million).
• Schleswig-Holstein's centre is 39.3° of latitude, about 4,370 km, farther north than Surin'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.
• Surin is the 23rd largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 1.7% of its area; it is the 23rd most densely populated of them.
• Schleswig-Holstein lies about 39° of latitude (roughly 4,370 km) north of Surin.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Schleswig-Holstein would have about 5,230 m² and each person in Surin about 6,210 m².
• Laid side by side, Schleswig-Holstein and Surin would cover 24,000 km², 95% of the size of Rwanda.
• Together they have 4.3 million people, about as many people as Kuwait.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2020. 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.
• Our measured 8,560 km² is 5.4% above Wikidata's official figure of 8,120 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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