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February 16, 2017

US States Overlaid On Areas of Europe With Equal Population

US States Overlaid On Areas of Europe With Equal Population

Map created by reddit user Speech500

The map above shows how the population of various US states compares with certain regions of Europe. For example, Wales has a population of around 3 million people, which is roughly the same as the US state of Utah.

The map is interesting because it shows just how densely populated Europe is in many places. For example, you could fit the entire population of California (38.8 million & the most populous state) in Southern England, despite the fact that California is around 70,000 sq miles (180,000 sq km) larger than the entire United Kingdom.

Similarly, you could fit the entire population of Pennsylvania into the Île-de-France (Greater Paris) region, which is just 1/10th the size.

The map does not cover the whole of Europe, because the continent has a population of 743 million people, compared to the US population of just 319 million people.

In terms of size the two are almost even, with Europe only slightly bigger than the US (10.2 million sq km vs 9.8 million sq km) but this includes large parts of Russia. The EU, which many people think of as Europe, has a population of 510 million people, in an area half the size of the US (4.3 million sq km).

To see how the two compare in terms of GDP have a look at our previous post: Areas of Europe Compared To US States With Equal GDP & Corresponding Cities

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Comments

  1. Henrik Fugmann says

    February 16, 2017 at 12:40 pm

    Don´t you have a map where US states are compared to European countries?
    The Economist had one some years ago.

    Reply
  2. Christian says

    February 16, 2017 at 9:13 pm

    Where’s TEXAS?

    Reply
    • petr says

      March 14, 2017 at 1:53 pm

      if you go right from south england/california you’ll find it

      Reply
    • Robert says

      August 17, 2017 at 12:47 pm

      Benelux.

      Reply
  3. deanna says

    December 5, 2018 at 7:43 pm

    Where is Washington

    Reply
  4. Giovanni says

    December 28, 2019 at 8:14 am

    Puerto Rico is not a US State

    Reply
  5. Steve says

    February 13, 2020 at 3:40 am

    Where’s Alaska?

    Reply
    • al says

      April 27, 2020 at 12:36 pm

      ireland

      Reply
    • J Paul says

      January 8, 2021 at 1:43 am

      Alaska is inside Ireland–and apparently it’s the same size as Washington DC! OOPS!!!!

      Reply
      • J Paul says

        January 8, 2021 at 1:45 am

        Oh, never mind my previous comment. This map is according to “population size.”

        Reply
  6. Kevin W Drummond says

    July 25, 2020 at 1:38 pm

    Dude, acc to actual statistics, you’ve almost doubled the population of eu. True, not all members of eu include all European populations, your assertions are only slightly true. Having lived in both areas, yes, the pop of eu is far more affected by pop density than the US. This has shaped a few fundamental differences in the cultures, as well.

    https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?locations=EU-US-CN
    Web search this

    Reply
  7. Jesse Lawrence says

    January 17, 2021 at 6:45 pm

    This is not accurate. California alone is vastly bigger than the UK yet you have it squeezed inside a bit of England and Wales:

    “United Kingdom is approximately 243,610 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 66% larger than United Kingdom.”

    Reply
    • MoverDB says

      January 21, 2021 at 2:12 pm

      This map is looking at population, not area.

      Reply

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