Washington State is 1.18× the size of Nepal

What fits

• Nepal is 84% of the size of Washington State.
• Washington State is larger by 27,000 km² (10,400 mi²), which is 18% of the area of Nepal.
• Measured in Belgiums: Washington State is about 5.68, Nepal about 4.80.

How they differ

• Washington State is larger, but Nepal has the larger population: 29.2 million against 7.7 million, 3.79× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 198 in Nepal against 44 in Washington State: Nepal is 4.48× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 11,300 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Washington State at 47°N is drawn about 2.2× too large and Nepal at 28°N about 1.3×, so the map shows Washington State as 2.00× the size of Nepal instead of 1.18×.
• Together Washington State and Nepal cover 321,000 km², close to the size of Ivory Coast (321,000 km², 0.2% smaller).
• The gap between them, 27,000 km², is about the size of Burundi (27,000 km²).
• At Nepal's density, Washington State would have 34.5 million people (it has 7.7 million). At Washington State's density, Nepal would have 6.5 million (it has 29.2 million).
• Washington State's centre is 19.1° of latitude, about 2,130 km, farther north than Nepal's.
• Washington State is the 21st largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.8% of its area; it is the 22nd most densely populated of them.
• Nepal ranks 94th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Washington State lies about 19° of latitude (roughly 2,130 km) north of Nepal.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Washington State would have about 22,600 m² and each person in Nepal about 5,040 m².
• Laid side by side, Washington State and Nepal would cover 321,000 km², about the same size as Ivory Coast.
• Together they have 36.9 million people, about as many people as Morocco.
• Counted as a country, Washington State would rank 91st by area and 102nd by population.

Side by side

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

• Our measured 174,000 km² is 5.8% below Wikidata's official figure of 185,000 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 147,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 147,000 km², to within 2%.

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