Bahia is 257× the size of Tokyo

What fits

• Tokyo fits inside Bahia about 257 times by area.
• Bahia is larger by 558,000 km² (215,000 mi²), which is 25,551% of the area of Tokyo.
• Measured in Belgiums: Bahia is about 18.3, Tokyo about 0.07.

How they differ

• Bahia is larger, but Tokyo has the larger population: 14.3 million against 14.1 million, 1.01× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 6,534 in Tokyo against 25 in Bahia: Tokyo is 259× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 17,500 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Bahia at 12°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Tokyo at 35°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Bahia as 180× the size of Tokyo instead of 257×.
• Together Bahia and Tokyo cover 562,000 km², close to the size of Ukraine (572,000 km², 1.7% bigger).
• The gap between them, 558,000 km², is about the size of France (548,000 km²).
• At Tokyo's density, Bahia would have 3.66 billion people (it has 14.1 million). At Bahia's density, Tokyo would have 55,000 (it has 14.3 million).
• Tokyo's centre is 47.5° of latitude, about 5,280 km, farther north than Bahia's.
• Bahia is the 5th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 6.6% of its area; it is the 15th most densely populated of them.
• Tokyo is the 44th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 0.6% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
• Tokyo lies about 47° of latitude (roughly 5,280 km) north of Bahia, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Bahia would have about 39,600 m² and each person in Tokyo about 150 m².
• Laid side by side, Bahia and Tokyo would cover 562,000 km², about the same size as Ukraine.
• Together they have 28.4 million people, about as many people as Cameroon.
• Tokyo is drawn from 173 points: at a size under 2,500 km² the outline is a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 566,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 560,000 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 2,190 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,180 km², to within 2%.

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