Balearic Islands and Chiba are almost exactly the same size
Balearic Islands (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 5,120 km² (1,980 mi²) and Chiba (prefecture of Japan) about 5,110 km² (1,970 mi²). Their outlines are laid over each other below at one scale.
- 5,120km²Balearic Islands
- 5,110km²Chiba
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- Balearic Islands
- Chiba
What fits
- Chiba is 100% of the size of Balearic Islands.
- The measured areas differ by 5.4 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
- Measured in Belgiums: Balearic Islands is about 0.17, Chiba about 0.17.
How they differ
- Balearic Islands is larger, but Chiba has the larger population: 6.3 million against 1.2 million, 5.34× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 1,228 in Chiba against 230 in Balearic Islands: Chiba is 5.34× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 10,600 km apart.
- Together Balearic Islands and Chiba cover 10,200 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 2.2% smaller).
- At Chiba's density, Balearic Islands would have 6.3 million people (it has 1.2 million). At Balearic Islands's density, Chiba would have 1.2 million (it has 6.3 million).
- Balearic Islands's centre is 4.1° of latitude, about 450 km, farther north than Chiba's.
- Balearic Islands is the 17th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 1.0% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
- Chiba is the 27th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.4% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
- Balearic Islands lies about 4° of latitude (roughly 452 km) north of Chiba.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Balearic Islands would have about 4,350 m² and each person in Chiba about 810 m².
- Laid side by side, Balearic Islands and Chiba would cover 10,200 km², about the same size as Lebanon.
- Together they have 7.5 million people, about as many people as Libya.
Side by side
| Balearic Islands | Chiba | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | Autonomous communitySpain | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 5,120 km²1,980 mi² | 5,110 km²1,970 mi² |
| Official area | 4,990 km²Wikidata | 5,160 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 17th of 19in Spain | 27th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 1.2 millionWikidata, 2022 | 6.3 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 12th of 19in Spain | 6th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 230 per km² | 1,228 per km² |
| Capital | Palma | Chiba |
| Latitude range | 39°N to 40°N | 35°N to 36°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 5,120 km² is 2.5% above Wikidata's official figure of 4,990 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Wikidata's official figure of 5,160 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,110 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, 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