Basque Country is 1.11× the size of Gunma
Basque Country (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 7,060 km² (2,730 mi²) and Gunma (prefecture of Japan) about 6,340 km² (2,450 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 7,060km²Basque Country
- 6,340km²Gunma
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- Basque Country
- Gunma
What fits
- Gunma is 90% of the size of Basque Country.
- Basque Country is larger by 725 km² (280 mi²), which is 11% of the area of Gunma.
- Measured in Belgiums: Basque Country is about 0.23, Gunma about 0.21.
How they differ
- Basque Country also has the larger population: 2.2 million against 1.9 million, 1.15× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 316 in Basque Country against 305 in Gunma: Basque Country is 1.03× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 10,400 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Basque Country at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Gunma at 36°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Basque Country as 1.35× the size of Gunma instead of 1.11×.
- Together Basque Country and Gunma cover 13,400 km², close to the size of Montenegro (13,700 km², 2.5% bigger).
- The gap between them, 725 km², is about the size of Dominica (730 km²).
- At Gunma's density, Basque Country would have 2.2 million people (it has 2.2 million). At Basque Country's density, Gunma would have 2.0 million (it has 1.9 million).
- Basque Country's centre is 6.6° of latitude, about 730 km, farther north than Gunma's.
- Basque Country is the 14th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 1.4% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
- Gunma is the 22nd largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.7% of its area; it is the 19th most densely populated of them.
- Basque Country lies about 7° of latitude (roughly 729 km) north of Gunma.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Basque Country would have about 3,170 m² and each person in Gunma about 3,270 m².
- Laid side by side, Basque Country and Gunma would cover 13,400 km², about the same size as Montenegro.
- Together they have 4.2 million people, 1.06× as many people as Georgia.
Side by side
| Basque Country | Gunma | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | Autonomous communitySpain | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 7,060 km²2,730 mi² | 6,340 km²2,450 mi² |
| Official area | 7,230 km²Wikidata | 6,360 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 14th of 19in Spain | 22nd of 47in Japan |
| Population | 2.2 millionWikidata, 2024 | 1.9 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 7th of 19in Spain | 18th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 316 per km² | 305 per km² |
| Capital | Vitoria-Gasteiz | Maebashi |
| Latitude range | 42°N to 43°N | 36°N to 37°N |
Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 7,060 km² is 2.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 7,230 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Wikidata's official figure of 6,360 km² agrees with our measured area of 6,340 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Basque Country is the provinces Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
- 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