Djibouti is 2.36× the size of Yamagata
Djibouti (Africa) covers about 21,800 km² (8,440 mi²) and Yamagata (prefecture of Japan) about 9,240 km² (3,570 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 21,800km²Djibouti
- 9,240km²Yamagata
50 km
- Djibouti
- Yamagata
What fits
- Yamagata fits inside Djibouti about 2.36 times by area.
- Djibouti is larger by 12,600 km² (4,870 mi²), which is 136% of the area of Yamagata.
- Measured in Belgiums: Djibouti is about 0.71, Yamagata about 0.30.
How they differ
- Djibouti also has the larger population: 1.2 million against 1.1 million, 1.08× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 115 in Yamagata against 53 in Djibouti: Yamagata is 2.18× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,840 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Djibouti at 12°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Yamagata at 38°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Djibouti as 1.51× the size of Yamagata instead of 2.36×.
- Together Djibouti and Yamagata cover 31,100 km², close to the size of Belgium (30,700 km², 1.4% smaller).
- The gap between them, 12,600 km², is about the size of Bahamas (12,600 km²).
- At Yamagata's density, Djibouti would have 2.5 million people (it has 1.2 million). At Djibouti's density, Yamagata would have 488,000 (it has 1.1 million).
- Yamagata's centre is 26.7° of latitude, about 2,970 km, farther north than Djibouti's.
- Djibouti ranks 153rd of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Yamagata is the 9th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.5% of its area; it is the 42nd most densely populated of them.
- Yamagata lies about 27° of latitude (roughly 2,970 km) north of Djibouti.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Djibouti would have about 18,950 m² and each person in Yamagata about 8,690 m².
- Laid side by side, Djibouti and Yamagata would cover 31,100 km², about the same size as Belgium.
- Together they have 2.2 million people, 1.07× as many people as Slovenia.
- Counted as a country, Yamagata would rank 169th by area and 162nd by population.
Side by side
| Djibouti | Yamagata | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryAfrica | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 21,800 km²8,440 mi² | 9,240 km²3,570 mi² |
| Official area | 23,200 km²Wikidata | 9,320 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 152nd of 239worldwide | 9th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 1.2 millionWikidata, 2023 | 1.1 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 161st of 237worldwide | 35th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 53 per km² | 115 per km² |
| Capital | Djibouti | Yamagata |
| Latitude range | 11°N to 13°N | 38°N to 39°N |
Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2021. 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 9,320 km² agrees with our measured area of 9,240 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