Akita is 1.05× the size of Qatar
Akita (prefecture of Japan) covers about 11,700 km² (4,530 mi²) and Qatar (Asia) about 11,200 km² (4,310 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 11,700km²Akita
- 11,200km²Qatar
20 km
- Akita
- Qatar
What fits
- Qatar is 95% of the size of Akita.
- Akita is larger by 572 km² (221 mi²), which is 5.1% of the area of Qatar.
- Measured in Belgiums: Akita is about 0.38, Qatar about 0.36.
How they differ
- Akita is larger, but Qatar has the larger population: 2.6 million against 946,000, 2.79× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 237 in Qatar against 81 in Akita: Qatar is 2.93× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,180 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Akita at 40°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Qatar at 25°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Akita as 1.45× the size of Qatar instead of 1.05×.
- Together Akita and Qatar cover 22,900 km², close to the size of Belize (22,300 km², 2.5% smaller).
- The gap between them, 572 km², is about the size of Isle of Man (575 km²).
- At Qatar's density, Akita would have 2.8 million people (it has 946,000). At Akita's density, Qatar would have 900,000 (it has 2.6 million).
- Akita's centre is 14.4° of latitude, about 1,600 km, farther north than Qatar'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.
- Qatar ranks 165th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Akita lies about 14° of latitude (roughly 1,600 km) north of Qatar.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Akita would have about 12,390 m² and each person in Qatar about 4,220 m².
- Laid side by side, Akita and Qatar would cover 22,900 km², about the same size as Belize.
- Together they have 3.6 million people, about as many people as Eritrea.
- Counted as a country, Akita would rank 163rd by area and 162nd by population.
Side by side
| Akita | Qatar | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | PrefectureJapan | CountryAsia |
| Area, measured | 11,700 km²4,530 mi² | 11,200 km²4,310 mi² |
| Official area | 11,600 km²Wikidata | 11,400 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 6th of 47in Japan | 164th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 946,000Wikidata, 2021 | 2.6 millionWikidata, 2017 |
| Rank by population | 39th of 47in Japan | 142nd of 237worldwide |
| Density | 81 per km² | 237 per km² |
| Capital | Akita | Doha |
| Latitude range | 39°N to 41°N | 25°N to 26°N |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2017. 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 11,200 km² is 2.5% below Wikidata's official figure of 11,400 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 for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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