Australian Capital Territory is 1.09× the size of Okinawa

What fits

• Okinawa is 91% of the size of Australian Capital Territory.
• Australian Capital Territory is larger by 201 km² (77.7 mi²), which is 9.4% of the area of Okinawa.
• Measured in Belgiums: Australian Capital Territory is about 0.08, Okinawa about 0.07.

How they differ

• Australian Capital Territory is larger, but Okinawa has the larger population: 1.5 million against 482,000, 3.03× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 680 in Okinawa against 205 in Australian Capital Territory: Okinawa is 3.32× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 7,210 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Australian Capital Territory at 35°S is drawn about 1.5× too large and Okinawa at 26°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Australian Capital Territory as 1.34× the size of Okinawa instead of 1.09×.
• Together Australian Capital Territory and Okinawa cover 4,500 km², close to the size of Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km², 14% bigger).
• The gap between them, 201 km², is about the size of Aruba (170 km²).
• At Okinawa's density, Australian Capital Territory would have 1.6 million people (it has 482,000). At Australian Capital Territory's density, Okinawa would have 440,000 (it has 1.5 million).
• Okinawa's centre is 61.3° of latitude, about 6,820 km, farther north than Australian Capital Territory's.
• Australian Capital Territory is the 8th largest of the 8 states and territories of Australia and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
• Okinawa is the 45th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 0.6% of its area; it is the 8th most densely populated of them.
• Okinawa lies about 61° of latitude (roughly 6,820 km) north of Australian Capital Territory, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Australian Capital Territory would have about 4,880 m² and each person in Okinawa about 1,470 m².
• Laid side by side, Australian Capital Territory and Okinawa would cover 4,500 km², 88% of the size of Trinidad and Tobago.
• Together they have 1.9 million people, 97% as many people as Lesotho.
• Australian Capital Territory is drawn from 52 points and Okinawa is drawn from 133 points: at sizes under 2,500 km² the outlines are a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 2,360 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,350 km², to within 2%.
• Our measured 2,150 km² is 5.8% below Wikidata's official figure of 2,280 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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