East Timor is 3.76× the size of Shiga
East Timor (Asia) covers about 15,100 km² (5,820 mi²) and Shiga (prefecture of Japan) about 4,010 km² (1,550 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 15,100km²East Timor
- 4,010km²Shiga
100 km
- East Timor
- Shiga
What fits
- Shiga fits inside East Timor about 3.76 times by area.
- East Timor is larger by 11,100 km² (4,280 mi²), which is 276% of the area of Shiga.
- Measured in Belgiums: East Timor is about 0.49, Shiga about 0.13.
How they differ
- East Timor is larger, but Shiga has the larger population: 1.4 million against 1.4 million, 1.01× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 352 in Shiga against 93 in East Timor: Shiga is 3.79× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 5,010 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: East Timor at 9°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Shiga at 35°N about 1.5×, so the map shows East Timor as 2.57× the size of Shiga instead of 3.76×.
- Together East Timor and Shiga cover 19,100 km², close to the size of Fiji (18,900 km², 0.8% smaller).
- The gap between them, 11,100 km², is about the size of Jamaica (11,000 km²).
- At Shiga's density, East Timor would have 5.3 million people (it has 1.4 million). At East Timor's density, Shiga would have 372,000 (it has 1.4 million).
- Shiga's centre is 44.0° of latitude, about 4,900 km, farther north than East Timor's.
- East Timor ranks 160th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Shiga is the 37th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 14th most densely populated of them.
- Shiga lies about 44° of latitude (roughly 4,900 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 Shiga about 2,840 m².
- Laid side by side, East Timor and Shiga would cover 19,100 km², about the same size as Fiji.
- Together they have 2.8 million people, about as many people as Albania.
- Counted as a country, Shiga would rank 175th by area and 155th by population.
Side by side
| East Timor | Shiga | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryAsia | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 15,100 km²5,820 mi² | 4,010 km²1,550 mi² |
| Official area | 14,900 km²Wikidata | 4,020 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 159th of 239worldwide | 37th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 1.4 millionWikidata, 2024 | 1.4 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 155th of 237worldwide | 26th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 93 per km² | 352 per km² |
| Capital | Dili | Otsu |
| Latitude range | 10°S to 8°S | 35°N to 36°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%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 4,020 km² agrees with our measured area of 4,010 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