Eswatini is 1.11× the size of Iwate

Eswatini (Africa) covers about 17,100 km² (6,610 mi²) and Iwate (prefecture of Japan) about 15,500 km² (5,970 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

17,100km²Eswatini
15,500km²Iwate

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Eswatini
Iwate

What fits

Iwate is 90% of the size of Eswatini.
Eswatini is larger by 1,640 km² (633 mi²), which is 11% of the area of Iwate.
Measured in Belgiums: Eswatini is about 0.56, Iwate about 0.50.

How they differ

Eswatini also has the larger population: 1.2 million against 1.2 million, 1.02× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 78 in Iwate against 72 in Eswatini: Iwate is 1.08× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 13,500 km apart.
On a standard web map Iwate looks larger than Eswatini: Eswatini at 27°S is drawn about 1.2× too large and Iwate at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Iwate as 1.22× the size of Eswatini, when Eswatini is 1.11× the size of Iwate.
Together Eswatini and Iwate cover 32,600 km², close to the size of Guinea-Bissau (32,800 km², 0.7% bigger).
The gap between them, 1,640 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
At Iwate's density, Eswatini would have 1.3 million people (it has 1.2 million). At Eswatini's density, Iwate would have 1.1 million (it has 1.2 million).
Iwate's centre is 66.2° of latitude, about 7,360 km, farther north than Eswatini's.
Eswatini ranks 159th of 246 countries and territories by area.
Iwate is the 2nd largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 4.1% of its area; it is the 46th most densely populated of them.
Iwate lies about 66° of latitude (roughly 7,360 km) north of Eswatini, on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Eswatini would have about 13,910 m² and each person in Iwate about 12,830 m².
Laid side by side, Eswatini and Iwate would cover 32,600 km², about the same size as Guinea-Bissau.
Together they have 2.4 million people, about as many people as Moldova.
Counted as a country, Iwate would rank 159th by area and 161st by population.

Side by side

	Eswatini	Iwate
Is a	CountryAfrica	PrefectureJapan
Area, measured	17,100 km²6,610 mi²	15,500 km²5,970 mi²
Official area	17,400 km²Wikidata	15,300 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	158th of 239worldwide	2nd of 47in Japan
Population	1.2 millionWikidata, 2023	1.2 millionWikidata, 2021
Rank by population	160th of 237worldwide	32nd of 47in Japan
Density	72 per km²	78 per km²
Capital	Mbabane; Lobamba	Morioka
Latitude range	27°S to 26°S	39°N to 40°N

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 17,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 17,100 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 15,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 15,500 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

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