Balearic Islands is 1.32× the size of Saitama
Balearic Islands (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 5,120 km² (1,980 mi²) and Saitama (prefecture of Japan) about 3,880 km² (1,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 5,120km²Balearic Islands
- 3,880km²Saitama
50 km
- Balearic Islands
- Saitama
What fits
- Saitama is 76% of the size of Balearic Islands.
- Balearic Islands is larger by 1,230 km² (476 mi²), which is 32% of the area of Saitama.
- Measured in Belgiums: Balearic Islands is about 0.17, Saitama about 0.13.
How they differ
- Balearic Islands is larger, but Saitama has the larger population: 7.3 million against 1.2 million, 6.24× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 1,890 in Saitama against 230 in Balearic Islands: Saitama is 8.22× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 10,500 km apart.
- Together Balearic Islands and Saitama cover 9,000 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 11% bigger).
- The gap between them, 1,230 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
- At Saitama's density, Balearic Islands would have 9.7 million people (it has 1.2 million). At Balearic Islands's density, Saitama would have 893,000 (it has 7.3 million).
- Balearic Islands's centre is 3.6° of latitude, about 400 km, farther north than Saitama'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.
- Saitama is the 39th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.0% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
- Balearic Islands lies about 4° of latitude (roughly 399 km) north of Saitama.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Balearic Islands would have about 4,350 m² and each person in Saitama about 530 m².
- Laid side by side, Balearic Islands and Saitama would cover 9,000 km², 90% of the size of Lebanon.
- Together they have 8.5 million people, about as many people as Honduras.
Side by side
| Balearic Islands | Saitama | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | Autonomous communitySpain | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 5,120 km²1,980 mi² | 3,880 km²1,500 mi² |
| Official area | 4,990 km²Wikidata | 3,800 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 17th of 19in Spain | 39th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 1.2 millionWikidata, 2022 | 7.3 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 12th of 19in Spain | 5th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 230 per km² | 1,890 per km² |
| Capital | Palma | Saitama |
| Latitude range | 39°N to 40°N | 36°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.
- Our measured 3,880 km² is 2.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 3,800 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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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