Basque Country is 1.11× the size of Ibaraki

What fits

• Ibaraki is 90% of the size of Basque Country.
• Basque Country is larger by 726 km² (280 mi²), which is 11% of the area of Ibaraki.
• Measured in Belgiums: Basque Country is about 0.23, Ibaraki about 0.21.

How they differ

• Basque Country is larger, but Ibaraki has the larger population: 2.9 million against 2.2 million, 1.28× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 452 in Ibaraki against 316 in Basque Country: Ibaraki is 1.43× 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 Ibaraki at 36°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Basque Country as 1.36× the size of Ibaraki instead of 1.11×.
• Together Basque Country and Ibaraki cover 13,400 km², close to the size of Montenegro (13,700 km², 2.5% bigger).
• The gap between them, 726 km², is about the size of Dominica (730 km²).
• At Ibaraki's density, Basque Country would have 3.2 million people (it has 2.2 million). At Basque Country's density, Ibaraki would have 2.0 million (it has 2.9 million).
• Basque Country's centre is 6.8° of latitude, about 750 km, farther north than Ibaraki'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.
• Ibaraki is the 23rd largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.7% of its area; it is the 13th most densely populated of them.
• Basque Country lies about 7° of latitude (roughly 752 km) north of Ibaraki.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Basque Country would have about 3,170 m² and each person in Ibaraki about 2,210 m².
• Laid side by side, Basque Country and Ibaraki would cover 13,400 km², about the same size as Montenegro.
• Together they have 5.1 million people, about as many people as Nicaragua.

Side by side

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.
• Our measured 6,340 km² is 3.9% above Wikidata's official figure of 6,100 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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