Galicia is 1.91× the size of Iwate

Galicia (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 29,600 km² (11,400 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.

29,600km²Galicia
15,500km²Iwate

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Galicia
Iwate

What fits

Iwate is 52% of the size of Galicia.
Galicia is larger by 14,100 km² (5,450 mi²), which is 91% of the area of Iwate.
Measured in Belgiums: Galicia is about 0.96, Iwate about 0.50.

How they differ

Galicia also has the larger population: 2.7 million against 1.2 million, 2.24× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 91 in Galicia against 78 in Iwate: Galicia is 1.17× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,300 km apart.
Together Galicia and Iwate cover 45,100 km², close to the size of Estonia (45,800 km², 1.7% bigger).
The gap between them, 14,100 km², is about the size of Montenegro (13,700 km²).
At Iwate's density, Galicia would have 2.3 million people (it has 2.7 million). At Galicia's density, Iwate would have 1.4 million (it has 1.2 million).
Galicia's centre is 3.2° of latitude, about 350 km, farther north than Iwate's.
Galicia is the 7th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 5.8% of its area; it is the 13th most densely populated of them.
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.
Galicia lies about 3° of latitude (roughly 352 km) north of Iwate.
Shared out evenly, each person in Galicia would have about 10,950 m² and each person in Iwate about 12,830 m².
Laid side by side, Galicia and Iwate would cover 45,100 km², about the same size as Estonia.
Together they have 3.9 million people, about as many people as Georgia.

Side by side

	Galicia	Iwate
Is a	Autonomous communitySpain	PrefectureJapan
Area, measured	29,600 km²11,400 mi²	15,500 km²5,970 mi²
Official area	29,600 km²Wikidata	15,300 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	7th of 19in Spain	2nd of 47in Japan
Population	2.7 millionWikidata, 2024	1.2 millionWikidata, 2021
Rank by population	5th of 19in Spain	32nd of 47in Japan
Density	91 per km²	78 per km²
Capital	–	Morioka
Latitude range	42°N to 44°N	39°N to 40°N

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 29,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 29,600 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. The outline of Galicia 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

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