Western Australia is 164× the size of Schleswig-Holstein

What fits

• Schleswig-Holstein fits inside Western Australia about 164 times by area.
• Western Australia is larger by 2,513,000 km² (970,000 mi²), which is 16,278% of the area of Schleswig-Holstein.
• Measured in Belgiums: Western Australia is about 82.4, Schleswig-Holstein about 0.50.

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 191 in Schleswig-Holstein against 1.2 in Western Australia: Schleswig-Holstein is 161× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 13,700 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Western Australia at 25°S is drawn about 1.2× too large and Schleswig-Holstein at 54°N about 2.9×, so the map shows Western Australia as 68.7× the size of Schleswig-Holstein instead of 164×.
• Together Western Australia and Schleswig-Holstein cover 2,544,000 km², close to the size of Kazakhstan (2,714,000 km², 6.7% bigger).
• The gap between them, 2,513,000 km², is about the size of Kazakhstan (2,714,000 km²).
• At Schleswig-Holstein's density, Western Australia would have 483.7 million people (it has 3.0 million). At Western Australia's density, Schleswig-Holstein would have 18,000 (it has 3.0 million).
• Schleswig-Holstein's centre is 79.5° of latitude, about 8,840 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.
• Schleswig-Holstein is the 12th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 4.3% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
• Schleswig-Holstein lies about 80° of latitude (roughly 8,840 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 Schleswig-Holstein about 5,230 m².
• Laid side by side, Western Australia and Schleswig-Holstein would cover 2,544,000 km², 94% of the size of Kazakhstan.
• Together they have 6.0 million people, about as many people as El Salvador.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2022. 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%.
• Our measured 15,400 km² is 2.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 15,800 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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