Sergipe is 1.08× the size of Rhineland-Palatinate

What fits

• Rhineland-Palatinate is 93% of the size of Sergipe.
• Sergipe is larger by 1,510 km² (583 mi²), which is 7.5% of the area of Rhineland-Palatinate.
• Measured in Belgiums: Sergipe is about 0.70, Rhineland-Palatinate about 0.66.

How they differ

• Sergipe is larger, but Rhineland-Palatinate has the larger population: 4.1 million against 2.2 million, 1.85× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 204 in Rhineland-Palatinate against 102 in Sergipe: Rhineland-Palatinate is 1.99× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 8,010 km apart.
• On a standard web map Rhineland-Palatinate looks larger than Sergipe: Sergipe at 11°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Rhineland-Palatinate at 50°N about 2.4×, so the map shows Rhineland-Palatinate as 2.17× the size of Sergipe, when Sergipe is 1.08× the size of Rhineland-Palatinate.
• Together Sergipe and Rhineland-Palatinate cover 41,700 km², close to the size of Switzerland (41,400 km², 0.6% smaller).
• The gap between them, 1,510 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
• At Rhineland-Palatinate's density, Sergipe would have 4.4 million people (it has 2.2 million). At Sergipe's density, Rhineland-Palatinate would have 2.1 million (it has 4.1 million).
• Rhineland-Palatinate's centre is 60.5° of latitude, about 6,730 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.
• Rhineland-Palatinate is the 9th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 5.6% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
• Rhineland-Palatinate lies about 60° of latitude (roughly 6,730 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 Rhineland-Palatinate about 4,910 m².
• Laid side by side, Sergipe and Rhineland-Palatinate would cover 41,700 km², about the same size as Switzerland.
• Together they have 6.3 million people, about as many people as Bulgaria.

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 19,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 20,100 km², to within 2%.

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