Sergipe is 1.40× the size of Schleswig-Holstein

What fits

• Schleswig-Holstein is 71% of the size of Sergipe.
• Sergipe is larger by 6,170 km² (2,380 mi²), which is 40% of the area of Schleswig-Holstein.
• Measured in Belgiums: Sergipe is about 0.70, Schleswig-Holstein about 0.50.

How they differ

• Sergipe is larger, but Schleswig-Holstein has the larger population: 3.0 million against 2.2 million, 1.34× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 191 in Schleswig-Holstein against 102 in Sergipe: Schleswig-Holstein is 1.87× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 8,450 km apart.
• On a standard web map Schleswig-Holstein looks larger than Sergipe: Sergipe at 11°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Schleswig-Holstein at 54°N about 2.9×, so the map shows Schleswig-Holstein as 2.02× the size of Sergipe, when Sergipe is 1.40× the size of Schleswig-Holstein.
• Together Sergipe and Schleswig-Holstein cover 37,000 km², close to the size of Netherlands (37,100 km², 0.2% bigger).
• The gap between them, 6,170 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
• At Schleswig-Holstein's density, Sergipe would have 4.1 million people (it has 2.2 million). At Sergipe's density, Schleswig-Holstein would have 1.6 million (it has 3.0 million).
• Schleswig-Holstein's centre is 64.8° of latitude, about 7,200 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.
• 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.
• Schleswig-Holstein lies about 65° of latitude (roughly 7,200 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 Schleswig-Holstein about 5,230 m².
• Laid side by side, Sergipe and Schleswig-Holstein would cover 37,000 km², about the same size as the Netherlands.
• Together they have 5.2 million people, about as many people as the Central African Republic.

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.
• 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.

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