Akita and Nan are almost exactly the same size

What fits

• Nan is 100% of the size of Akita.
• The measured areas differ by 0.2 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
• Measured in Belgiums: Akita is about 0.38, Nan about 0.38.

How they differ

• Akita also has the larger population: 946,000 against 477,000, 1.99× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 81 in Akita against 41 in Nan: Akita is 1.99× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 4,430 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Akita at 40°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Nan at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Akita as 1.51× the size of Nan instead of 1.00×.
• Together Akita and Nan cover 23,400 km², close to the size of Belize (22,300 km², 4.9% smaller).
• At Nan's density, Akita would have 477,000 people (it has 946,000). At Akita's density, Nan would have 946,000 (it has 477,000).
• Akita's centre is 20.9° of latitude, about 2,320 km, farther north than Nan's.
• Akita is the 6th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 3.1% of its area; it is the 45th most densely populated of them.
• Nan is the 11th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 2.3% of its area; it is the 76th most densely populated of them.
• Akita lies about 21° of latitude (roughly 2,320 km) north of Nan.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Akita would have about 12,390 m² and each person in Nan about 24,590 m².
• Laid side by side, Akita and Nan would cover 23,400 km², 1.05× the size of Belize.
• Together they have 1.4 million people, about as many people as East Timor.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 11,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 11,700 km², to within 2%.
• Our measured 11,700 km² is 2.2% above Wikidata's official figure of 11,500 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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