Aguascalientes is 1.39× the size of Nagasaki
Aguascalientes (state of Mexico) covers about 5,550 km² (2,140 mi²) and Nagasaki (prefecture of Japan) about 3,990 km² (1,540 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 5,550km²Aguascalientes
- 3,990km²Nagasaki
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- Aguascalientes
- Nagasaki
What fits
- Nagasaki is 72% of the size of Aguascalientes.
- Aguascalientes is larger by 1,560 km² (601 mi²), which is 39% of the area of Nagasaki.
- Measured in Belgiums: Aguascalientes is about 0.18, Nagasaki about 0.13.
How they differ
- Aguascalientes also has the larger population: 1.3 million against 1.3 million, 1.00× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 328 in Nagasaki against 237 in Aguascalientes: Nagasaki is 1.38× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 11,800 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Aguascalientes at 22°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Nagasaki at 33°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Aguascalientes as 1.13× the size of Nagasaki instead of 1.39×.
- Together Aguascalientes and Nagasaki cover 9,540 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 4.9% bigger).
- The gap between them, 1,560 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
- At Nagasaki's density, Aguascalientes would have 1.8 million people (it has 1.3 million). At Aguascalientes's density, Nagasaki would have 944,000 (it has 1.3 million).
- Nagasaki's centre is 11.2° of latitude, about 1,250 km, farther north than Aguascalientes's.
- Aguascalientes is the 29th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
- Nagasaki is the 38th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 18th most densely populated of them.
- Nagasaki lies about 11° of latitude (roughly 1,250 km) north of Aguascalientes.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Aguascalientes would have about 4,230 m² and each person in Nagasaki about 3,050 m².
- Laid side by side, Aguascalientes and Nagasaki would cover 9,540 km², 95% of the size of Lebanon.
- Together they have 2.6 million people, about as many people as Qatar.
Side by side
| Aguascalientes | Nagasaki | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateMexico | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 5,550 km²2,140 mi² | 3,990 km²1,540 mi² |
| Official area | 5,620 km²Wikidata | 4,110 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 29th of 32in Mexico | 38th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 1.3 millionWikidata, 2015 | 1.3 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 27th of 32in Mexico | 30th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 237 per km² | 328 per km² |
| Capital | Aguascalientes City | Nagasaki |
| Latitude range | 22°N to 22°N | 33°N to 35°N |
Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 5,620 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,550 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 3,990 km² is 2.8% below Wikidata's official figure of 4,110 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
- Drawing
- Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12