East Timor is 1.70× the size of Kagoshima
East Timor (Asia) covers about 15,100 km² (5,820 mi²) and Kagoshima (prefecture of Japan) about 8,850 km² (3,420 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 15,100km²East Timor
- 8,850km²Kagoshima
100 km
- East Timor
- Kagoshima
What fits
- Kagoshima is 59% of the size of East Timor.
- East Timor is larger by 6,230 km² (2,410 mi²), which is 70% of the area of Kagoshima.
- Measured in Belgiums: East Timor is about 0.49, Kagoshima about 0.29.
How they differ
- East Timor is larger, but Kagoshima has the larger population: 1.6 million against 1.4 million, 1.13× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 179 in Kagoshima against 93 in East Timor: Kagoshima is 1.93× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 4,460 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: East Timor at 9°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Kagoshima at 31°N about 1.4×, so the map shows East Timor as 1.28× the size of Kagoshima instead of 1.70×.
- Together East Timor and Kagoshima cover 23,900 km², close to the size of Rwanda (25,300 km², 5.7% bigger).
- The gap between them, 6,230 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
- At Kagoshima's density, East Timor would have 2.7 million people (it has 1.4 million). At East Timor's density, Kagoshima would have 822,000 (it has 1.6 million).
- Kagoshima's centre is 39.8° of latitude, about 4,430 km, farther north than East Timor's.
- East Timor ranks 160th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Kagoshima is the 10th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.4% of its area; it is the 32nd most densely populated of them.
- Kagoshima lies about 40° of latitude (roughly 4,430 km) north of East Timor, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in East Timor would have about 10,770 m² and each person in Kagoshima about 5,580 m².
- Laid side by side, East Timor and Kagoshima would cover 23,900 km², 95% of the size of Rwanda.
- Together they have 3.0 million people, about as many people as Armenia.
- Counted as a country, Kagoshima would rank 170th by area and 154th by population.
Side by side
| East Timor | Kagoshima | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryAsia | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 15,100 km²5,820 mi² | 8,850 km²3,420 mi² |
| Official area | 14,900 km²Wikidata | 9,130 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 159th of 239worldwide | 10th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 1.4 millionWikidata, 2024 | 1.6 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 155th of 237worldwide | 24th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 93 per km² | 179 per km² |
| Capital | Dili | Kagoshima |
| Latitude range | 10°S to 8°S | 27°N to 32°N |
Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 14,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 15,100 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 8,850 km² is 3.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 9,130 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 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