Virginia is 1.06× the size of Pernambuco

What fits

• Pernambuco is 94% of the size of Virginia.
• Virginia is larger by 6,090 km² (2,350 mi²), which is 6.2% of the area of Pernambuco.
• Measured in Belgiums: Virginia is about 3.38, Pernambuco about 3.18.

How they differ

• Virginia is larger, but Pernambuco has the larger population: 9.1 million against 8.6 million, 1.05× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 93 in Pernambuco against 83 in Virginia: Pernambuco is 1.12× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 6,630 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Virginia at 38°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Pernambuco at 8°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Virginia as 1.65× the size of Pernambuco instead of 1.06×.
• Together Virginia and Pernambuco cover 201,000 km², close to the size of Kyrgyzstan (199,000 km², 1.2% smaller).
• The gap between them, 6,090 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
• At Pernambuco's density, Virginia would have 9.6 million people (it has 8.6 million). At Virginia's density, Pernambuco would have 8.1 million (it has 9.1 million).
• Virginia's centre is 45.9° of latitude, about 5,100 km, farther north than Pernambuco'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.
• Pernambuco is the 19th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 1.2% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
• Virginia lies about 46° of latitude (roughly 5,100 km) north of Pernambuco, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Virginia would have about 12,020 m² and each person in Pernambuco about 10,780 m².
• Laid side by side, Virginia and Pernambuco would cover 201,000 km², about the same size as Kyrgyzstan.
• Together they have 17.7 million people, about as many people as Malawi.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2022. 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 98,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 97,600 km², to within 2%.

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