Shizuoka is 1.48× the size of Delaware

What fits

• Delaware is 67% of the size of Shizuoka.
• Shizuoka is larger by 2,500 km² (964 mi²), which is 48% of the area of Delaware.
• Measured in Belgiums: Shizuoka is about 0.25, Delaware about 0.17.

How they differ

• Shizuoka also has the larger population: 3.6 million against 990,000, 3.65× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 471 in Shizuoka against 191 in Delaware: Shizuoka is 2.46× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 11,100 km apart.
• Together Shizuoka and Delaware cover 12,800 km², close to the size of Bahamas (12,600 km², 1.8% smaller).
• The gap between them, 2,500 km², is about the size of Luxembourg (2,610 km²).
• At Delaware's density, Shizuoka would have 1.5 million people (it has 3.6 million). At Shizuoka's density, Delaware would have 2.4 million (it has 990,000).
• Delaware's centre is 4.0° of latitude, about 440 km, farther north than Shizuoka's.
• Shizuoka is the 14th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.1% of its area; it is the 12th 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 443 km) north of Shizuoka.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Shizuoka would have about 2,120 m² and each person in Delaware about 5,220 m².
• Laid side by side, Shizuoka and Delaware would cover 12,800 km², about the same size as the Bahamas.
• Together they have 4.6 million people, about as many people as Panama.

Side by side

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

• Wikidata's official figure of 7,780 km² agrees with our measured area of 7,670 km², to within 2%.
• 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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