Tajikistan is 1.04× the size of New York

What fits

• New York is 96% of the size of Tajikistan.
• Tajikistan is larger by 5,310 km² (2,050 mi²), which is 3.9% of the area of New York.
• Measured in Belgiums: Tajikistan is about 4.64, New York about 4.46.

How they differ

• Tajikistan is larger, but New York has the larger population: 20.2 million against 9.5 million, 2.13× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 148 in New York against 67 in Tajikistan: New York is 2.21× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 10,300 km apart.
• On a standard web map New York looks larger than Tajikistan: Tajikistan at 39°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and New York at 43°N about 1.9×, so the map shows New York as 1.10× the size of Tajikistan, when Tajikistan is 1.04× the size of New York.
• Together Tajikistan and New York cover 279,000 km², close to the size of Burkina Faso (273,000 km², 2.3% smaller).
• The gap between them, 5,310 km², is about the size of Cyprus (5,400 km²).
• At New York's density, Tajikistan would have 21.0 million people (it has 9.5 million). At Tajikistan's density, New York would have 9.1 million (it has 20.2 million).
• New York's centre is 4.5° of latitude, about 500 km, farther north than Tajikistan's.
• Tajikistan ranks 96th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• New York is the 28th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.4% of its area; it is the 8th most densely populated of them.
• New York lies about 4° of latitude (roughly 495 km) north of Tajikistan.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Tajikistan would have about 14,970 m² and each person in New York about 6,780 m².
• Laid side by side, Tajikistan and New York would cover 279,000 km², about the same size as Burkina Faso.
• Together they have 29.7 million people, about as many people as Mozambique.
• Counted as a country, New York would rank 96th by area and 62nd by population.

Side by side

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

• Wikidata's official figure of 143,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 142,000 km², to within 2%.
• Our measured 137,000 km² is 3.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 141,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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