Albania is 3.41× the size of Hiroshima
Albania (Europe) covers about 28,300 km² (10,900 mi²) and Hiroshima (prefecture of Japan) about 8,300 km² (3,210 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 28,300km²Albania
- 8,300km²Hiroshima
50 km
- Albania
- Hiroshima
What fits
- Hiroshima fits inside Albania about 3.41 times by area.
- Albania is larger by 20,000 km² (7,740 mi²), which is 241% of the area of Hiroshima.
- Measured in Belgiums: Albania is about 0.92, Hiroshima about 0.27.
How they differ
- Albania also has the larger population: 2.8 million against 2.8 million, 1.01× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 336 in Hiroshima against 99 in Albania: Hiroshima is 3.39× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,150 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Albania at 41°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Hiroshima at 35°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Albania as 4.08× the size of Hiroshima instead of 3.41×.
- Together Albania and Hiroshima cover 36,600 km², close to the size of Taiwan (36,200 km², 1.2% smaller).
- The gap between them, 20,000 km², is about the size of Slovenia (20,300 km²).
- At Hiroshima's density, Albania would have 9.5 million people (it has 2.8 million). At Albania's density, Hiroshima would have 824,000 (it has 2.8 million).
- Albania's centre is 6.5° of latitude, about 730 km, farther north than Hiroshima's.
- Albania ranks 144th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Hiroshima is the 12th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.2% of its area; it is the 16th most densely populated of them.
- Albania lies about 7° of latitude (roughly 726 km) north of Hiroshima.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Albania would have about 10,080 m² and each person in Hiroshima about 2,970 m².
- Laid side by side, Albania and Hiroshima would cover 36,600 km², about the same size as the Netherlands.
- Together they have 5.6 million people, about as many people as Norway.
- Counted as a country, Hiroshima would rank 170th by area and 140th by population.
Side by side
| Albania | Hiroshima | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryEurope | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 28,300 km²10,900 mi² | 8,300 km²3,210 mi² |
| Official area | 28,700 km²Wikidata | 8,480 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 143rd of 239worldwide | 12th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 2.8 millionWikidata, 2023 | 2.8 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 139th of 237worldwide | 12th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 99 per km² | 336 per km² |
| Capital | Tirana | Hiroshima |
| Latitude range | 40°N to 43°N | 34°N to 35°N |
Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 28,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 28,300 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 8,300 km² is 2.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 8,480 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