Sergipe is 1.03× the size of Hesse

What fits

• Hesse is 97% of the size of Sergipe.
• Sergipe is larger by 594 km² (229 mi²), which is 2.8% of the area of Hesse.
• Measured in Belgiums: Sergipe is about 0.70, Hesse about 0.69.

How they differ

• Sergipe is larger, but Hesse has the larger population: 6.2 million against 2.2 million, 2.81× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 295 in Hesse against 102 in Sergipe: Hesse is 2.89× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 8,150 km apart.
• On a standard web map Hesse looks larger than Sergipe: Sergipe at 11°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Hesse at 51°N about 2.5×, so the map shows Hesse as 2.33× the size of Sergipe, when Sergipe is 1.03× the size of Hesse.
• Together Sergipe and Hesse cover 42,600 km², close to the size of Denmark (42,700 km², 0.2% bigger).
• The gap between them, 594 km², is about the size of Tonga (603 km²).
• At Hesse's density, Sergipe would have 6.4 million people (it has 2.2 million). At Sergipe's density, Hesse would have 2.1 million (it has 6.2 million).
• Hesse's centre is 61.2° of latitude, about 6,800 km, farther north than Sergipe's.
• Sergipe is the 26th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
• Hesse is the 7th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 5.9% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
• Hesse lies about 61° of latitude (roughly 6,800 km) north of Sergipe, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Sergipe would have about 9,780 m² and each person in Hesse about 3,390 m².
• Laid side by side, Sergipe and Hesse would cover 42,600 km², about the same size as Denmark.
• Together they have 8.4 million people, about as many people as Honduras.

Side by side

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

• Our measured 21,600 km² is 2.0% below Wikidata's official figure of 22,100 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
• Wikidata's official figure of 21,100 km² agrees with our measured area of 21,000 km², to within 2%.

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