Balearic Islands is 1.24× the size of Ishikawa
Balearic Islands (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 5,120 km² (1,980 mi²) and Ishikawa (prefecture of Japan) about 4,110 km² (1,590 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 5,120km²Balearic Islands
- 4,110km²Ishikawa
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- Balearic Islands
- Ishikawa
What fits
- Ishikawa is 80% of the size of Balearic Islands.
- Balearic Islands is larger by 1,000 km² (387 mi²), which is 24% of the area of Ishikawa.
- Measured in Belgiums: Balearic Islands is about 0.17, Ishikawa about 0.13.
How they differ
- Balearic Islands also has the larger population: 1.2 million against 1.1 million, 1.04× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 275 in Ishikawa against 230 in Balearic Islands: Ishikawa is 1.20× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 10,300 km apart.
- Together Balearic Islands and Ishikawa cover 9,230 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 8.4% bigger).
- The gap between them, 1,000 km², is about the size of Hong Kong (1,040 km²).
- At Ishikawa's density, Balearic Islands would have 1.4 million people (it has 1.2 million). At Balearic Islands's density, Ishikawa would have 946,000 (it has 1.1 million).
- Balearic Islands's centre is 2.8° of latitude, about 310 km, farther north than Ishikawa'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.
- Ishikawa is the 36th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 23rd most densely populated of them.
- Balearic Islands lies about 3° of latitude (roughly 311 km) north of Ishikawa.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Balearic Islands would have about 4,350 m² and each person in Ishikawa about 3,630 m².
- Laid side by side, Balearic Islands and Ishikawa would cover 9,230 km², 92% of the size of Lebanon.
- Together they have 2.3 million people, 96% as many people as Moldova.
Side by side
| Balearic Islands | Ishikawa | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | Autonomous communitySpain | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 5,120 km²1,980 mi² | 4,110 km²1,590 mi² |
| Official area | 4,990 km²Wikidata | 4,190 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 17th of 19in Spain | 36th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 1.2 millionWikidata, 2022 | 1.1 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 12th of 19in Spain | 33rd of 47in Japan |
| Density | 230 per km² | 275 per km² |
| Capital | Palma | Kanazawa |
| Latitude range | 39°N to 40°N | 36°N to 38°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2020. 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 4,190 km² agrees with our measured area of 4,110 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