Chiba is 1.01× the size of Morelos
Chiba (prefecture of Japan) covers about 5,110 km² (1,970 mi²) and Morelos (state of Mexico) about 5,080 km² (1,960 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 5,110km²Chiba
- 5,080km²Morelos
20 km
- Chiba
- Morelos
What fits
- Morelos is 99% of the size of Chiba.
- Chiba is larger by 31.5 km² (12.2 mi²), which is 0.6% of the area of Morelos.
- Measured in Belgiums: Chiba is about 0.17, Morelos about 0.17.
How they differ
- Chiba also has the larger population: 6.3 million against 2.0 million, 3.18× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 1,228 in Chiba against 388 in Morelos: Chiba is 3.17× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 11,300 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Chiba at 36°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Morelos at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Chiba as 1.36× the size of Morelos instead of 1.01×.
- Together Chiba and Morelos cover 10,200 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 1.8% smaller).
- At Morelos's density, Chiba would have 2.0 million people (it has 6.3 million). At Chiba's density, Morelos would have 6.2 million (it has 2.0 million).
- Chiba's centre is 16.8° of latitude, about 1,860 km, farther north than Morelos's.
- 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.
- Morelos is the 30th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 3rd most densely populated of them.
- Chiba lies about 17° of latitude (roughly 1,860 km) north of Morelos.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Chiba would have about 810 m² and each person in Morelos about 2,580 m².
- Laid side by side, Chiba and Morelos would cover 10,200 km², about the same size as Lebanon.
- Together they have 8.3 million people, about as many people as Honduras.
Side by side
| Chiba | Morelos | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | PrefectureJapan | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 5,110 km²1,970 mi² | 5,080 km²1,960 mi² |
| Official area | 5,160 km²Wikidata | 4,880 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 27th of 47in Japan | 30th of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 6.3 millionWikidata, 2021 | 2.0 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 6th of 47in Japan | 23rd of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 1,228 per km² | 388 per km² |
| Capital | Chiba | Cuernavaca |
| Latitude range | 35°N to 36°N | 18°N to 19°N |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 5,160 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,110 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 5,080 km² is 4.1% above Wikidata's official figure of 4,880 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
- 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