Djibouti is 5.31× the size of Ishikawa
Djibouti (Africa) covers about 21,800 km² (8,440 mi²) and Ishikawa (prefecture of Japan) about 4,110 km² (1,590 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 21,800km²Djibouti
- 4,110km²Ishikawa
50 km
- Djibouti
- Ishikawa
What fits
- Ishikawa fits inside Djibouti about 5.31 times by area.
- Djibouti is larger by 17,700 km² (6,850 mi²), which is 431% of the area of Ishikawa.
- Measured in Belgiums: Djibouti is about 0.71, Ishikawa about 0.13.
How they differ
- Djibouti also has the larger population: 1.2 million against 1.1 million, 1.02× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 275 in Ishikawa against 53 in Djibouti: Ishikawa is 5.22× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,600 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Djibouti at 12°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Ishikawa at 37°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Djibouti as 3.55× the size of Ishikawa instead of 5.31×.
- Together Djibouti and Ishikawa cover 26,000 km², close to the size of North Macedonia (25,400 km², 2.2% smaller).
- The gap between them, 17,700 km², is about the size of Kuwait (17,500 km²).
- At Ishikawa's density, Djibouti would have 6.0 million people (it has 1.2 million). At Djibouti's density, Ishikawa would have 217,000 (it has 1.1 million).
- Ishikawa's centre is 25.0° of latitude, about 2,780 km, farther north than Djibouti's.
- Djibouti ranks 153rd of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Ishikawa is the 36th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 23rd most densely populated of them.
- Ishikawa lies about 25° of latitude (roughly 2,780 km) north of Djibouti.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Djibouti would have about 18,950 m² and each person in Ishikawa about 3,630 m².
- Laid side by side, Djibouti and Ishikawa would cover 26,000 km², about the same size as North Macedonia.
- Together they have 2.3 million people, 95% as many people as Moldova.
- Counted as a country, Ishikawa would rank 175th by area and 162nd by population.
Side by side
| Djibouti | Ishikawa | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryAfrica | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 21,800 km²8,440 mi² | 4,110 km²1,590 mi² |
| Official area | 23,200 km²Wikidata | 4,190 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 152nd of 239worldwide | 36th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 1.2 millionWikidata, 2023 | 1.1 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 161st of 237worldwide | 33rd of 47in Japan |
| Density | 53 per km² | 275 per km² |
| Capital | Djibouti | Kanazawa |
| Latitude range | 11°N to 13°N | 36°N to 38°N |
Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 21,800 km² is 5.8% below Wikidata's official figure of 23,200 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 4,190 km² agrees with our measured area of 4,110 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