Shimane is 1.33× the size of Delaware

What fits

• Delaware is 75% of the size of Shimane.
• Shimane is larger by 1,710 km² (659 mi²), which is 33% of the area of Delaware.
• Measured in Belgiums: Shimane is about 0.22, Delaware about 0.17.

How they differ

• Shimane is larger, but Delaware has the larger population: 990,000 against 665,000, 1.49× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 191 in Delaware against 97 in Shimane: Delaware is 1.98× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 11,300 km apart.
• Together Shimane and Delaware cover 12,000 km², close to the size of Vanuatu (12,300 km², 2.1% bigger).
• The gap between them, 1,710 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
• At Delaware's density, Shimane would have 1.3 million people (it has 665,000). At Shimane's density, Delaware would have 500,000 (it has 990,000).
• Delaware's centre is 3.9° of latitude, about 440 km, farther north than Shimane's.
• Shimane is the 19th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.8% of its area; it is the 44th most densely populated of them.
• Delaware is the 49th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
• Delaware lies about 4° of latitude (roughly 437 km) north of Shimane.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Shimane would have about 10,350 m² and each person in Delaware about 5,220 m².
• Laid side by side, Shimane and Delaware would cover 12,000 km², about the same size as Vanuatu.
• Together they have 1.7 million people, 90% as many people as North Macedonia.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Our measured 6,880 km² is 2.5% above Wikidata's official figure of 6,710 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
• Our measured 5,170 km² is 20% below Wikidata's official figure of 6,450 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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