Bhutan is 16.5× the size of Saga
Bhutan (Asia) covers about 40,400 km² (15,600 mi²) and Saga (prefecture of Japan) about 2,450 km² (945 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 40,400km²Bhutan
- 2,450km²Saga
100 km
- Bhutan
- Saga
What fits
- Saga fits inside Bhutan about 16.5 times by area.
- Bhutan is larger by 38,000 km² (14,700 mi²), which is 1,552% of the area of Saga.
- Measured in Belgiums: Bhutan is about 1.32, Saga about 0.08.
How they differ
- Bhutan is larger, but Saga has the larger population: 810,000 against 787,000, 1.03× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 331 in Saga against 19 in Bhutan: Saga is 17.0× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 3,840 km apart.
- Together Bhutan and Saga cover 42,900 km², close to the size of Denmark (42,700 km², 0.4% smaller).
- The gap between them, 38,000 km², is about the size of Netherlands (37,100 km²).
- At Saga's density, Bhutan would have 13.4 million people (it has 787,000). At Bhutan's density, Saga would have 48,000 (it has 810,000).
- Saga's centre is 5.9° of latitude, about 650 km, farther north than Bhutan's.
- Bhutan ranks 136th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Saga is the 42nd largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 0.7% of its area; it is the 17th most densely populated of them.
- Saga lies about 6° of latitude (roughly 651 km) north of Bhutan.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Bhutan would have about 51,330 m² and each person in Saga about 3,020 m².
- Laid side by side, Bhutan and Saga would cover 42,900 km², about the same size as Denmark.
- Together they have 1.6 million people, 1.14× as many people as East Timor.
- Saga is drawn from 74 points: at a size under 2,500 km² the outline is a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.
- Counted as a country, Saga would rank 181st by area and 165th by population.
Side by side
| Bhutan | Saga | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryAsia | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 40,400 km²15,600 mi² | 2,450 km²945 mi² |
| Official area | 38,400 km²Wikidata | 2,440 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 135th of 239worldwide | 42nd of 47in Japan |
| Population | 787,000Wikidata, 2023 | 810,000Wikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 165th of 237worldwide | 41st of 47in Japan |
| Density | 19 per km² | 331 per km² |
| Capital | Thimphu | Saga |
| Latitude range | 27°N to 28°N | 33°N to 34°N |
Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 40,400 km² is 5.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 38,400 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
- Wikidata's official figure of 2,440 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,450 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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