Basque Country is 1.03× the size of Shimane

What fits

• Shimane is 97% of the size of Basque Country.
• Basque Country is larger by 184 km² (71.1 mi²), which is 2.7% of the area of Shimane.
• Measured in Belgiums: Basque Country is about 0.23, Shimane about 0.22.

How they differ

• Basque Country also has the larger population: 2.2 million against 665,000, 3.36× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 316 in Basque Country against 97 in Shimane: Basque Country is 3.27× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 10,200 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Basque Country at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Shimane at 35°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Basque Country as 1.29× the size of Shimane instead of 1.03×.
• Together Basque Country and Shimane cover 13,900 km², close to the size of Montenegro (13,700 km², 1.5% smaller).
• The gap between them, 184 km², is about the size of Aruba (170 km²).
• At Shimane's density, Basque Country would have 682,000 people (it has 2.2 million). At Basque Country's density, Shimane would have 2.2 million (it has 665,000).
• Basque Country's centre is 8.0° of latitude, about 890 km, farther north than Shimane'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.
• Shimane is the 19th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.8% of its area; it is the 44th most densely populated of them.
• Basque Country lies about 8° of latitude (roughly 888 km) north of Shimane.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Basque Country would have about 3,170 m² and each person in Shimane about 10,350 m².
• Laid side by side, Basque Country and Shimane would cover 13,900 km², about the same size as Montenegro.
• Together they have 2.9 million people, about as many people as Lithuania.

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 6,880 km² is 2.5% above Wikidata's official figure of 6,710 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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