Cantabria is 1.05× the size of Chiba
Cantabria (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 5,350 km² (2,060 mi²) and Chiba (prefecture of Japan) about 5,110 km² (1,970 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 5,350km²Cantabria
- 5,110km²Chiba
20 km
- Cantabria
- Chiba
What fits
- Chiba is 96% of the size of Cantabria.
- Cantabria is larger by 236 km² (91.2 mi²), which is 4.6% of the area of Chiba.
- Measured in Belgiums: Cantabria is about 0.17, Chiba about 0.17.
How they differ
- Cantabria is larger, but Chiba has the larger population: 6.3 million against 592,000, 10.6× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 1,228 in Chiba against 111 in Cantabria: Chiba is 11.1× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 10,500 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Cantabria at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Chiba at 36°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Cantabria as 1.30× the size of Chiba instead of 1.05×.
- Together Cantabria and Chiba cover 10,500 km², close to the size of Gambia (10,500 km², 0.4% bigger).
- The gap between them, 236 km², is about the size of Saint Kitts and Nevis (264 km²).
- At Chiba's density, Cantabria would have 6.6 million people (it has 592,000). At Cantabria's density, Chiba would have 565,000 (it has 6.3 million).
- Cantabria's centre is 7.7° of latitude, about 860 km, farther north than Chiba's.
- Cantabria is the 15th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
- Chiba is the 27th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.4% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
- Cantabria lies about 8° of latitude (roughly 855 km) north of Chiba.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Cantabria would have about 9,040 m² and each person in Chiba about 810 m².
- Laid side by side, Cantabria and Chiba would cover 10,500 km², about the same size as the Gambia.
- Together they have 6.9 million people, about as many people as Laos.
Side by side
| Cantabria | Chiba | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | Autonomous communitySpain | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 5,350 km²2,060 mi² | 5,110 km²1,970 mi² |
| Official area | 5,320 km²Wikidata | 5,160 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 15th of 19in Spain | 27th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 592,000Wikidata, 2024 | 6.3 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 16th of 19in Spain | 6th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 111 per km² | 1,228 per km² |
| Capital | Santander | Chiba |
| Latitude range | 43°N to 44°N | 35°N to 36°N |
Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 5,320 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,350 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 5,160 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,110 km², to within 2%.
Similar in size to Cantabria
Similar in size to Chiba
More from the same country
More comparisons
Send it to someone who won’t believe it
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