Tak is 1.06× the size of Schleswig-Holstein

What fits

• Schleswig-Holstein is 94% of the size of Tak.
• Tak is larger by 941 km² (363 mi²), which is 6.1% of the area of Schleswig-Holstein.
• Measured in Belgiums: Tak is about 0.53, Schleswig-Holstein about 0.50.

How they differ

• Tak is larger, but Schleswig-Holstein has the larger population: 3.0 million against 670,000, 4.41× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 191 in Schleswig-Holstein against 41 in Tak: Schleswig-Holstein is 4.67× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 8,440 km apart.
• On a standard web map Schleswig-Holstein looks larger than Tak: Tak at 17°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Schleswig-Holstein at 54°N about 2.9×, so the map shows Schleswig-Holstein as 2.52× the size of Tak, when Tak is 1.06× the size of Schleswig-Holstein.
• Together Tak and Schleswig-Holstein cover 31,800 km², close to the size of Guinea-Bissau (32,800 km², 3.2% bigger).
• The gap between them, 941 km², is about the size of Åland (942 km²).
• At Schleswig-Holstein's density, Tak would have 3.1 million people (it has 670,000). At Tak's density, Schleswig-Holstein would have 632,000 (it has 3.0 million).
• Schleswig-Holstein's centre is 37.5° of latitude, about 4,170 km, farther north than Tak's.
• Tak is the 4th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 3.2% of its area; it is the 75th 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 37° of latitude (roughly 4,170 km) north of Tak.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Tak would have about 24,430 m² and each person in Schleswig-Holstein about 5,230 m².
• Laid side by side, Tak and Schleswig-Holstein would cover 31,800 km², 97% of the size of Guinea-Bissau.
• Together they have 3.6 million people, 1.04× as many people as Eritrea.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 16,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 16,400 km², to within 2%.
• 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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