Delaware is 1.12× the size of Kyoto
Delaware (state of the United States) covers about 5,170 km² (2,000 mi²) and Kyoto (prefecture of Japan) about 4,610 km² (1,780 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 5,170km²Delaware
- 4,610km²Kyoto
20 km
- Delaware
- Kyoto
What fits
- Kyoto is 89% of the size of Delaware.
- Delaware is larger by 561 km² (216 mi²), which is 12% of the area of Kyoto.
- Measured in Belgiums: Delaware is about 0.17, Kyoto about 0.15.
How they differ
- Delaware is larger, but Kyoto has the larger population: 2.6 million against 990,000, 2.59× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 556 in Kyoto against 191 in Delaware: Kyoto is 2.90× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 11,200 km apart.
- Together Delaware and Kyoto cover 9,780 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 2.3% bigger).
- The gap between them, 561 km², is about the size of Isle of Man (575 km²).
- At Kyoto's density, Delaware would have 2.9 million people (it has 990,000). At Delaware's density, Kyoto would have 883,000 (it has 2.6 million).
- Delaware's centre is 3.7° of latitude, about 420 km, farther north than Kyoto's.
- Delaware is the 49th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
- Kyoto is the 30th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.2% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
- Delaware lies about 4° of latitude (roughly 417 km) north of Kyoto.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Delaware would have about 5,220 m² and each person in Kyoto about 1,800 m².
- Laid side by side, Delaware and Kyoto would cover 9,780 km², about the same size as Lebanon.
- Together they have 3.6 million people, about as many people as Eritrea.
Side by side
| Delaware | Kyoto | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateUnited States | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 5,170 km²2,000 mi² | 4,610 km²1,780 mi² |
| Official area | 6,450 km²Wikidata | 4,610 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 49th of 51in the United States | 30th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 990,000Wikidata, 2020 | 2.6 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 45th of 51in the United States | 13th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 191 per km² | 556 per km² |
| Capital | Dover | Kyoto |
| Latitude range | 38°N to 40°N | 35°N to 36°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 5,170 km² is 20% below Wikidata's official figure of 6,450 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 4,610 km² agrees with our measured area of 4,610 km², to within 2%.
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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