Fukushima is 1.03× the size of Mae Hong Son

What fits

• Mae Hong Son is 97% of the size of Fukushima.
• Fukushima is larger by 393 km² (152 mi²), which is 2.9% of the area of Mae Hong Son.
• Measured in Belgiums: Fukushima is about 0.46, Mae Hong Son about 0.44.

How they differ

• Fukushima also has the larger population: 1.8 million against 285,000, 6.41× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 131 in Fukushima against 21 in Mae Hong Son: Fukushima is 6.23× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 4,580 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Fukushima at 37°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Mae Hong Son at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Fukushima as 1.46× the size of Mae Hong Son instead of 1.03×.
• Together Fukushima and Mae Hong Son cover 27,600 km², close to the size of Solomon Islands (27,200 km², 1.4% smaller).
• The gap between them, 393 km², is about the size of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (368 km²).
• At Mae Hong Son's density, Fukushima would have 293,000 people (it has 1.8 million). At Fukushima's density, Mae Hong Son would have 1.8 million (it has 285,000).
• Fukushima's centre is 18.6° of latitude, about 2,070 km, farther north than Mae Hong Son's.
• Fukushima is the 3rd largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 3.7% of its area; it is the 40th most densely populated of them.
• Mae Hong Son is the 6th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 2.6% of its area; it is the 77th most densely populated of them.
• Fukushima lies about 19° of latitude (roughly 2,070 km) north of Mae Hong Son.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Fukushima would have about 7,660 m² and each person in Mae Hong Son about 47,770 m².
• Laid side by side, Fukushima and Mae Hong Son would cover 27,600 km², about the same size as the Solomon Islands.
• Together they have 2.1 million people, about as many people as Slovenia.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 13,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 14,000 km², to within 2%.
• Our measured 13,600 km² is 7.2% above Wikidata's official figure of 12,700 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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