Sergipe is 1.10× the size of New Jersey

What fits

• New Jersey is 91% of the size of Sergipe.
• Sergipe is larger by 1,940 km² (749 mi²), which is 9.9% of the area of New Jersey.
• Measured in Belgiums: Sergipe is about 0.70, New Jersey about 0.64.

How they differ

• Sergipe is larger, but New Jersey has the larger population: 9.3 million against 2.2 million, 4.20× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 472 in New Jersey against 102 in Sergipe: New Jersey is 4.62× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 6,820 km apart.
• On a standard web map New Jersey looks larger than Sergipe: Sergipe at 11°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and New Jersey at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows New Jersey as 1.51× the size of Sergipe, when Sergipe is 1.10× the size of New Jersey.
• Together Sergipe and New Jersey cover 41,300 km², close to the size of Switzerland (41,400 km², 0.4% bigger).
• The gap between them, 1,940 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
• At New Jersey's density, Sergipe would have 10.2 million people (it has 2.2 million). At Sergipe's density, New Jersey would have 2.0 million (it has 9.3 million).
• New Jersey's centre is 50.8° of latitude, about 5,650 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.
• New Jersey is the 46th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.2% of its area; it is the 2nd most densely populated of them.
• New Jersey lies about 51° of latitude (roughly 5,650 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 New Jersey about 2,120 m².
• Laid side by side, Sergipe and New Jersey would cover 41,300 km², about the same size as Switzerland.
• Together they have 11.5 million people, about as many people as Tunisia.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2020. 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.
• Our measured 19,700 km² is 13% below Wikidata's official figure of 22,600 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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