Sergipe is 1.40× the size of Iwate

What fits

• Iwate is 72% of the size of Sergipe.
• Sergipe is larger by 6,130 km² (2,370 mi²), which is 40% of the area of Iwate.
• Measured in Belgiums: Sergipe is about 0.70, Iwate about 0.50.

How they differ

• Sergipe also has the larger population: 2.2 million against 1.2 million, 1.83× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 102 in Sergipe against 78 in Iwate: Sergipe is 1.31× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 16,800 km apart.
• On a standard web map Iwate looks larger than Sergipe: Sergipe at 11°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Iwate at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Iwate as 1.17× the size of Sergipe, when Sergipe is 1.40× the size of Iwate.
• Together Sergipe and Iwate cover 37,100 km², close to the size of Netherlands (37,100 km², 0.1% bigger).
• The gap between them, 6,130 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
• At Iwate's density, Sergipe would have 1.7 million people (it has 2.2 million). At Sergipe's density, Iwate would have 1.6 million (it has 1.2 million).
• Iwate's centre is 50.2° of latitude, about 5,580 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.
• Iwate is the 2nd largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 4.1% of its area; it is the 46th most densely populated of them.
• Iwate lies about 50° of latitude (roughly 5,580 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 Iwate about 12,830 m².
• Laid side by side, Sergipe and Iwate would cover 37,100 km², about the same size as the Netherlands.
• Together they have 3.4 million people, about as many people as Mongolia.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2021. 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 15,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 15,500 km², to within 2%.

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