West Virginia is 1.43× the size of Rio de Janeiro

What fits

• Rio de Janeiro is 70% of the size of West Virginia.
• West Virginia is larger by 18,800 km² (7,240 mi²), which is 43% of the area of Rio de Janeiro.
• Measured in Belgiums: West Virginia is about 2.05, Rio de Janeiro about 1.43.

How they differ

• West Virginia is larger, but Rio de Janeiro has the larger population: 16.1 million against 1.8 million, 8.95× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 365 in Rio de Janeiro against 29 in West Virginia: Rio de Janeiro is 12.8× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 7,840 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: West Virginia at 39°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Rio de Janeiro at 22°S about 1.2×, so the map shows West Virginia as 2.00× the size of Rio de Janeiro instead of 1.43×.
• Together West Virginia and Rio de Janeiro cover 107,000 km², close to the size of Guatemala (109,000 km², 2.0% bigger).
• The gap between them, 18,800 km², is about the size of Fiji (18,900 km²).
• At Rio de Janeiro's density, West Virginia would have 22.9 million people (it has 1.8 million). At West Virginia's density, Rio de Janeiro would have 1.3 million (it has 16.1 million).
• West Virginia's centre is 60.8° of latitude, about 6,760 km, farther north than Rio de Janeiro'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.
• Rio de Janeiro is the 24th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 0.5% of its area; it is the 2nd most densely populated of them.
• West Virginia lies about 61° of latitude (roughly 6,760 km) north of Rio de Janeiro, 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 Rio de Janeiro about 2,740 m².
• Laid side by side, West Virginia and Rio de Janeiro would cover 107,000 km², about the same size as Guatemala.
• Together they have 17.8 million people, about as many people as the Netherlands.

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 43,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 44,000 km², to within 2%.

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