Vermont is 1.59× the size of Iwate

What fits

• Iwate is 63% of the size of Vermont.
• Vermont is larger by 9,160 km² (3,540 mi²), which is 59% of the area of Iwate.
• Measured in Belgiums: Vermont is about 0.80, Iwate about 0.50.

How they differ

• Vermont is larger, but Iwate has the larger population: 1.2 million against 643,000, 1.87× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 78 in Iwate against 26 in Vermont: Iwate is 2.99× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 10,100 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Vermont at 44°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Iwate at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Vermont as 1.83× the size of Iwate instead of 1.59×.
• Together Vermont and Iwate cover 40,100 km², close to the size of Bhutan (40,400 km², 0.8% bigger).
• The gap between them, 9,160 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
• At Iwate's density, Vermont would have 1.9 million people (it has 643,000). At Vermont's density, Iwate would have 404,000 (it has 1.2 million).
• Vermont's centre is 4.5° of latitude, about 500 km, farther north than Iwate's.
• Vermont is the 43rd largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 31st most densely populated of them.
• Iwate is the 2nd largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 4.1% of its area; it is the 46th most densely populated of them.
• Vermont lies about 4° of latitude (roughly 498 km) north of Iwate.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Vermont would have about 38,310 m² and each person in Iwate about 12,830 m².
• Laid side by side, Vermont and Iwate would cover 40,100 km², about the same size as Bhutan.
• Together they have 1.8 million people, about as many people as Equatorial Guinea.

Side by side

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

• Wikidata's official figure of 24,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 24,600 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 15,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 15,500 km², to within 2%.

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