Durango is 16.7× the size of Kumamoto
Durango (state of Mexico) covers about 121,000 km² (46,700 mi²) and Kumamoto (prefecture of Japan) about 7,250 km² (2,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 121,000km²Durango
- 7,250km²Kumamoto
100 km
- Durango
- Kumamoto
What fits
- Kumamoto fits inside Durango about 16.7 times by area.
- Durango is larger by 114,000 km² (43,900 mi²), which is 1,568% of the area of Kumamoto.
- Measured in Belgiums: Durango is about 3.95, Kumamoto about 0.24.
How they differ
- Durango also has the larger population: 1.8 million against 1.7 million, 1.01× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 239 in Kumamoto against 14 in Durango: Kumamoto is 16.5× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 11,300 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Durango at 25°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Kumamoto at 33°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Durango as 14.4× the size of Kumamoto instead of 16.7×.
- Together Durango and Kumamoto cover 128,000 km², close to the size of Nicaragua (129,000 km², 0.3% bigger).
- The gap between them, 114,000 km², is about the size of Bulgaria (113,000 km²).
- At Kumamoto's density, Durango would have 28.9 million people (it has 1.8 million). At Durango's density, Kumamoto would have 105,000 (it has 1.7 million).
- Kumamoto's centre is 7.7° of latitude, about 850 km, farther north than Durango's.
- Durango is the 4th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 6.2% of its area; it is the 30th most densely populated of them.
- Kumamoto is the 16th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.9% of its area; it is the 25th most densely populated of them.
- Kumamoto lies about 8° of latitude (roughly 854 km) north of Durango.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Durango would have about 68,970 m² and each person in Kumamoto about 4,190 m².
- Laid side by side, Durango and Kumamoto would cover 128,000 km², about the same size as Nicaragua.
- Together they have 3.5 million people, about as many people as Eritrea.
Side by side
| Durango | Kumamoto | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateMexico | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 121,000 km²46,700 mi² | 7,250 km²2,800 mi² |
| Official area | 123,000 km²Wikidata | 7,400 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 4th of 32in Mexico | 16th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 1.8 millionWikidata, 2015 | 1.7 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 25th of 32in Mexico | 23rd of 47in Japan |
| Density | 14 per km² | 239 per km² |
| Capital | Victoria de Durango | Kumamoto |
| Latitude range | 22°N to 27°N | 32°N to 33°N |
Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 123,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 121,000 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 7,250 km² is 2.0% below Wikidata's official figure of 7,400 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