West Virginia is 1.37× the size of Espírito Santo

What fits

• Espírito Santo is 73% of the size of West Virginia.
• West Virginia is larger by 16,900 km² (6,540 mi²), which is 37% of the area of Espírito Santo.
• Measured in Belgiums: West Virginia is about 2.05, Espírito Santo about 1.49.

How they differ

• West Virginia is larger, but Espírito Santo has the larger population: 3.8 million against 1.8 million, 2.14× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 84 in Espírito Santo against 29 in West Virginia: Espírito Santo is 2.93× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 7,700 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: West Virginia at 39°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Espírito Santo at 20°S about 1.1×, so the map shows West Virginia as 1.99× the size of Espírito Santo instead of 1.37×.
• Together West Virginia and Espírito Santo cover 109,000 km², close to the size of Guatemala (109,000 km², 0.2% bigger).
• The gap between them, 16,900 km², is about the size of Eswatini (17,100 km²).
• At Espírito Santo's density, West Virginia would have 5.3 million people (it has 1.8 million). At West Virginia's density, Espírito Santo would have 1.3 million (it has 3.8 million).
• West Virginia's centre is 58.2° of latitude, about 6,470 km, farther north than Espírito Santo's.
• West Virginia is the 41st largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.7% of its area; it is the 30th most densely populated of them.
• Espírito Santo is the 23rd largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 0.5% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
• West Virginia lies about 58° of latitude (roughly 6,470 km) north of Espírito Santo, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in West Virginia would have about 34,980 m² and each person in Espírito Santo about 11,950 m².
• Laid side by side, West Virginia and Espírito Santo would cover 109,000 km², about the same size as Guatemala.
• Together they have 5.6 million people, about as many people as Norway.

Side by side

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

• Wikidata's official figure of 62,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 62,700 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 46,100 km² agrees with our measured area of 45,800 km², to within 2%.

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