Cape Verde is 1.01× the size of Saitama
Cape Verde (Africa) covers about 3,930 km² (1,520 mi²) and Saitama (prefecture of Japan) about 3,880 km² (1,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 3,930km²Cape Verde
- 3,880km²Saitama
50 km
- Cape Verde
- Saitama
What fits
- Saitama is 99% of the size of Cape Verde.
- Cape Verde is larger by 42.1 km² (16.3 mi²), which is 1.1% of the area of Saitama.
- Measured in Belgiums: Cape Verde is about 0.13, Saitama about 0.13.
How they differ
- Cape Verde is larger, but Saitama has the larger population: 7.3 million against 556,000, 13.2× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 1,890 in Saitama against 142 in Cape Verde: Saitama is 13.4× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 14,000 km apart.
- On a standard web map Saitama looks larger than Cape Verde: Cape Verde at 16°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Saitama at 36°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Saitama as 1.40× the size of Cape Verde, when Cape Verde is 1.01× the size of Saitama.
- Together Cape Verde and Saitama cover 7,810 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 28% bigger).
- At Saitama's density, Cape Verde would have 7.4 million people (it has 556,000). At Cape Verde's density, Saitama would have 550,000 (it has 7.3 million).
- Saitama's centre is 20.0° of latitude, about 2,230 km, farther north than Cape Verde's.
- Cape Verde ranks 176th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Saitama is the 39th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.0% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
- Saitama lies about 20° of latitude (roughly 2,230 km) north of Cape Verde.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Cape Verde would have about 7,060 m² and each person in Saitama about 530 m².
- Laid side by side, Cape Verde and Saitama would cover 7,810 km², 78% of the size of Lebanon.
- Together they have 7.9 million people, about as many people as Togo.
- Counted as a country, Saitama would rank 177th by area and 105th by population.
Side by side
| Cape Verde | Saitama | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryAfrica | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 3,930 km²1,520 mi² | 3,880 km²1,500 mi² |
| Official area | 4,030 km²Wikidata | 3,800 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 175th of 239worldwide | 39th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 556,000Wikidata, 2020 | 7.3 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 171st of 237worldwide | 5th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 142 per km² | 1,890 per km² |
| Capital | Praia | Saitama |
| Latitude range | 15°N to 17°N | 36°N to 36°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 3,930 km² is 2.6% below Wikidata's official figure of 4,030 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Our measured 3,880 km² is 2.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 3,800 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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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