Bahamas is 1.01× the size of Niigata

Bahamas (North America) covers about 12,600 km² (4,870 mi²) and Niigata (prefecture of Japan) about 12,500 km² (4,810 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

12,600km²Bahamas
12,500km²Niigata

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Bahamas
Niigata

What fits

Niigata is 99% of the size of Bahamas.
Bahamas is larger by 151 km² (58.3 mi²), which is 1.2% of the area of Niigata.
Measured in Belgiums: Bahamas is about 0.41, Niigata about 0.41.

How they differ

Bahamas is larger, but Niigata has the larger population: 2.2 million against 399,000, 5.49× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 176 in Niigata against 32 in Bahamas: Niigata is 5.55× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 12,200 km apart.
On a standard web map Niigata looks larger than Bahamas: Bahamas at 24°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Niigata at 38°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Niigata as 1.31× the size of Bahamas, when Bahamas is 1.01× the size of Niigata.
Together Bahamas and Niigata cover 25,100 km², close to the size of Rwanda (25,300 km², 1.0% bigger).
The gap between them, 151 km², is about the size of Marshall Islands (165 km²).
At Niigata's density, Bahamas would have 2.2 million people (it has 399,000). At Bahamas's density, Niigata would have 395,000 (it has 2.2 million).
Niigata's centre is 13.3° of latitude, about 1,480 km, farther north than Bahamas's.
Bahamas ranks 162nd of 246 countries and territories by area.
Niigata is the 5th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 3.3% of its area; it is the 34th most densely populated of them.
Niigata lies about 13° of latitude (roughly 1,480 km) north of Bahamas.
Shared out evenly, each person in Bahamas would have about 31,550 m² and each person in Niigata about 5,680 m².
Laid side by side, Bahamas and Niigata would cover 25,100 km², about the same size as Rwanda.
Together they have 2.6 million people, about as many people as Qatar.
Counted as a country, Niigata would rank 162nd by area and 146th by population.

Side by side

	Bahamas	Niigata
Is a	CountryNorth America	PrefectureJapan
Area, measured	12,600 km²4,870 mi²	12,500 km²4,810 mi²
Official area	13,900 km²Wikidata	12,600 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	161st of 239worldwide	5th of 47in Japan
Population	399,000Wikidata, 2023	2.2 millionWikidata, 2021
Rank by population	176th of 237worldwide	15th of 47in Japan
Density	32 per km²	176 per km²
Capital	Nassau	Niigata
Latitude range	21°N to 27°N	37°N to 39°N

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 12,600 km² is 9.2% below Wikidata's official figure of 13,900 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
Wikidata's official figure of 12,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 12,500 km², to within 2%.

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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

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