West Virginia is 1.32× the size of Lower Saxony

What fits

• Lower Saxony is 76% of the size of West Virginia.
• West Virginia is larger by 15,100 km² (5,850 mi²), which is 32% of the area of Lower Saxony.
• Measured in Belgiums: West Virginia is about 2.05, Lower Saxony about 1.55.

How they differ

• West Virginia is larger, but Lower Saxony has the larger population: 7.9 million against 1.8 million, 4.43× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 167 in Lower Saxony against 29 in West Virginia: Lower Saxony is 5.84× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 6,680 km apart.
• On a standard web map Lower Saxony looks larger than West Virginia: West Virginia at 39°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Lower Saxony at 53°N about 2.7×, so the map shows Lower Saxony as 1.26× the size of West Virginia, when West Virginia is 1.32× the size of Lower Saxony.
• Together West Virginia and Lower Saxony cover 110,000 km², close to the size of Cuba (110,000 km², 0.4% smaller).
• The gap between them, 15,100 km², is about the size of East Timor (15,100 km²).
• At Lower Saxony's density, West Virginia would have 10.5 million people (it has 1.8 million). At West Virginia's density, Lower Saxony would have 1.4 million (it has 7.9 million).
• Lower Saxony's centre is 14.1° of latitude, about 1,570 km, farther north than West Virginia'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.
• Lower Saxony is the 2nd largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 13% of its area; it is the 12th most densely populated of them.
• Lower Saxony lies about 14° of latitude (roughly 1,570 km) north of West Virginia.
• Shared out evenly, each person in West Virginia would have about 34,980 m² and each person in Lower Saxony about 5,990 m².
• Laid side by side, West Virginia and Lower Saxony would cover 110,000 km², about the same size as Cuba.
• Together they have 9.7 million people, about as many people as Hungary.

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 47,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 47,600 km², to within 2%.

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