Gabon is 19.0× the size of Nagano
Gabon (Africa) covers about 260,000 km² (100,000 mi²) and Nagano (prefecture of Japan) about 13,700 km² (5,290 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 260,000km²Gabon
- 13,700km²Nagano
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- Gabon
- Nagano
What fits
- Nagano fits inside Gabon about 19.0 times by area.
- Gabon is larger by 246,000 km² (95,100 mi²), which is 1,798% of the area of Nagano.
- Measured in Belgiums: Gabon is about 8.48, Nagano about 0.45.
How they differ
- Gabon also has the larger population: 2.0 million against 2.0 million, 1.00× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 148 in Nagano against 7.8 in Gabon: Nagano is 19.0× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 13,200 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Gabon at 1°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Nagano at 36°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Gabon as 12.4× the size of Nagano instead of 19.0×.
- Together Gabon and Nagano cover 274,000 km², close to the size of Burkina Faso (273,000 km², 0.3% smaller).
- The gap between them, 246,000 km², is about the size of Guinea (244,000 km²).
- At Nagano's density, Gabon would have 38.4 million people (it has 2.0 million). At Gabon's density, Nagano would have 107,000 (it has 2.0 million).
- Nagano's centre is 36.7° of latitude, about 4,080 km, farther north than Gabon's.
- Gabon ranks 77th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Nagano is the 4th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 3.7% of its area; it is the 38th most densely populated of them.
- Nagano lies about 37° of latitude (roughly 4,080 km) north of Gabon, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Gabon would have about 128,370 m² and each person in Nagano about 6,770 m².
- Laid side by side, Gabon and Nagano would cover 274,000 km², about the same size as Burkina Faso.
- Together they have 4.0 million people, 1.03× as many people as Georgia.
- Counted as a country, Nagano would rank 161st by area and 148th by population.
Side by side
| Gabon | Nagano | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryAfrica | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 260,000 km²100,000 mi² | 13,700 km²5,290 mi² |
| Official area | 268,000 km²Wikidata | 13,600 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 76th of 239worldwide | 4th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 2.0 millionWikidata, 2017 | 2.0 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 147th of 237worldwide | 16th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 7.8 per km² | 148 per km² |
| Capital | Libreville | Nagano |
| Latitude range | 4°S to 2°N | 35°N to 37°N |
Population: Wikidata 2017 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 260,000 km² is 2.9% below Wikidata's official figure of 268,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Wikidata's official figure of 13,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 13,700 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