Eritrea is 16.0× the size of Shizuoka
Eritrea (Africa) covers about 123,000 km² (47,300 mi²) and Shizuoka (prefecture of Japan) about 7,670 km² (2,960 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 123,000km²Eritrea
- 7,670km²Shizuoka
200 km
- Eritrea
- Shizuoka
What fits
- Shizuoka fits inside Eritrea about 16.0 times by area.
- Eritrea is larger by 115,000 km² (44,400 mi²), which is 1,498% of the area of Shizuoka.
- Measured in Belgiums: Eritrea is about 4.00, Shizuoka about 0.25.
How they differ
- Eritrea is larger, but Shizuoka has the larger population: 3.6 million against 3.5 million, 1.03× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 471 in Shizuoka against 29 in Eritrea: Shizuoka is 16.5× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,870 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Eritrea at 15°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Shizuoka at 35°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Eritrea as 11.5× the size of Shizuoka instead of 16.0×.
- Together Eritrea and Shizuoka cover 130,000 km², close to the size of Greece (131,000 km², 0.9% bigger).
- The gap between them, 115,000 km², is about the size of Benin (116,000 km²).
- At Shizuoka's density, Eritrea would have 57.7 million people (it has 3.5 million). At Eritrea's density, Shizuoka would have 219,000 (it has 3.6 million).
- Shizuoka's centre is 19.7° of latitude, about 2,190 km, farther north than Eritrea's.
- Eritrea ranks 100th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Shizuoka is the 14th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.1% of its area; it is the 12th most densely populated of them.
- Shizuoka lies about 20° of latitude (roughly 2,190 km) north of Eritrea.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Eritrea would have about 35,040 m² and each person in Shizuoka about 2,120 m².
- Laid side by side, Eritrea and Shizuoka would cover 130,000 km², about the same size as Greece.
- Together they have 7.1 million people, about as many people as Kyrgyzstan.
- Counted as a country, Shizuoka would rank 170th by area and 133rd by population.
Side by side
| Eritrea | Shizuoka | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryAfrica | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 123,000 km²47,300 mi² | 7,670 km²2,960 mi² |
| Official area | 118,000 km²Wikidata | 7,780 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 99th of 239worldwide | 14th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 3.5 millionWikidata, 2019 | 3.6 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 133rd of 237worldwide | 10th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 29 per km² | 471 per km² |
| Capital | Asmara | Shizuoka |
| Latitude range | 12°N to 18°N | 35°N to 36°N |
Population: Wikidata 2019 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 123,000 km² is 4.2% above Wikidata's official figure of 118,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Wikidata's official figure of 7,780 km² agrees with our measured area of 7,670 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