Virginia is 1.10× the size of Bihar

What fits

• Bihar is 91% of the size of Virginia.
• Virginia is larger by 9,040 km² (3,490 mi²), which is 9.5% of the area of Bihar.
• Measured in Belgiums: Virginia is about 3.38, Bihar about 3.09.

How they differ

• Virginia is larger, but Bihar has the larger population: 103.8 million against 8.6 million, 12.0× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 1,096 in Bihar against 83 in Virginia: Bihar is 13.2× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 12,800 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Virginia at 38°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Bihar at 26°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Virginia as 1.41× the size of Bihar instead of 1.10×.
• Together Virginia and Bihar cover 198,000 km², close to the size of Kyrgyzstan (199,000 km², 0.3% bigger).
• The gap between them, 9,040 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
• At Bihar's density, Virginia would have 113.7 million people (it has 8.6 million). At Virginia's density, Bihar would have 7.9 million (it has 103.8 million).
• Virginia's centre is 11.9° of latitude, about 1,320 km, farther north than Bihar's.
• Virginia is the 37th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 15th most densely populated of them.
• Bihar is the 12th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 3.0% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
• Virginia lies about 12° of latitude (roughly 1,320 km) north of Bihar.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Virginia would have about 12,020 m² and each person in Bihar about 910 m².
• Laid side by side, Virginia and Bihar would cover 198,000 km², about the same size as Kyrgyzstan.
• Together they have 112.4 million people, about as many people as the Philippines.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2011. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Our measured 104,000 km² is 6.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 111,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
• Wikidata's official figure of 94,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 94,700 km², to within 2%.

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