Extremadura is 4.55× the size of Yamagata
Extremadura (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 42,100 km² (16,300 mi²) and Yamagata (prefecture of Japan) about 9,240 km² (3,570 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 42,100km²Extremadura
- 9,240km²Yamagata
50 km
- Extremadura
- Yamagata
What fits
- Yamagata fits inside Extremadura about 4.55 times by area.
- Extremadura is larger by 32,900 km² (12,700 mi²), which is 355% of the area of Yamagata.
- Measured in Belgiums: Extremadura is about 1.37, Yamagata about 0.30.
How they differ
- Extremadura is larger, but Yamagata has the larger population: 1.1 million against 1.1 million, 1.01× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 115 in Yamagata against 25 in Extremadura: Yamagata is 4.60× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 10,700 km apart.
- Together Extremadura and Yamagata cover 51,300 km², close to the size of Costa Rica (51,200 km², 0.4% smaller).
- The gap between them, 32,900 km², is about the size of Guinea-Bissau (32,800 km²).
- At Yamagata's density, Extremadura would have 4.8 million people (it has 1.1 million). At Extremadura's density, Yamagata would have 231,000 (it has 1.1 million).
- Extremadura's centre is 0.8° of latitude, about 80 km, farther north than Yamagata's.
- Extremadura is the 5th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 8.3% of its area; it is the 19th most densely populated of them.
- Yamagata is the 9th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.5% of its area; it is the 42nd most densely populated of them.
- Both lie at about the same latitude, 39°N and 38°N.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Extremadura would have about 39,990 m² and each person in Yamagata about 8,690 m².
- Laid side by side, Extremadura and Yamagata would cover 51,300 km², about the same size as Costa Rica.
- Together they have 2.1 million people, about as many people as Slovenia.
Side by side
| Extremadura | Yamagata | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | Autonomous communitySpain | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 42,100 km²16,300 mi² | 9,240 km²3,570 mi² |
| Official area | 41,600 km²Wikidata | 9,320 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 5th of 19in Spain | 9th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 1.1 millionWikidata, 2024 | 1.1 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 13th of 19in Spain | 35th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 25 per km² | 115 per km² |
| Capital | Mérida | Yamagata |
| Latitude range | 38°N to 40°N | 38°N to 39°N |
Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 41,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 42,100 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 9,320 km² agrees with our measured area of 9,240 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Extremadura is the provinces Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
- 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