Western Australia is 20.4× the size of Mississippi

What fits

• Mississippi fits inside Western Australia about 20.4 times by area.
• Western Australia is larger by 2,404,000 km² (928,000 mi²), which is 1,942% of the area of Mississippi.
• Measured in Belgiums: Western Australia is about 82.4, Mississippi about 4.04.

How they differ

• Western Australia also has the larger population: 3.0 million against 3.0 million, 1.02× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 24 in Mississippi against 1.2 in Western Australia: Mississippi is 20.1× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 16,800 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Western Australia at 25°S is drawn about 1.2× too large and Mississippi at 33°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Western Australia as 17.7× the size of Mississippi instead of 20.4×.
• Together Western Australia and Mississippi cover 2,652,000 km², close to the size of Kazakhstan (2,714,000 km², 2.3% bigger).
• The gap between them, 2,404,000 km², is about the size of Democratic Republic of the Congo (2,325,000 km²).
• At Mississippi's density, Western Australia would have 60.5 million people (it has 3.0 million). At Western Australia's density, Mississippi would have 147,000 (it has 3.0 million).
• Mississippi's centre is 58.1° of latitude, about 6,460 km, farther north than Western Australia's.
• Western Australia is the largest of the 8 states and territories of Australia and covers 33% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
• Mississippi is the 31st largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.3% of its area; it is the 34th most densely populated of them.
• Mississippi lies about 58° of latitude (roughly 6,460 km) north of Western Australia, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Western Australia would have about 840,280 m² and each person in Mississippi about 41,810 m².
• Laid side by side, Western Australia and Mississippi would cover 2,652,000 km², about the same size as Kazakhstan.
• Together they have 6.0 million people, about as many people as El Salvador.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 2,527,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,528,000 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 125,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 124,000 km², to within 2%.

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• All 8 states and territories of Australiamatched to countries
• All 51 states and districts of the United Statesmatched to countries

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