Gambia is 1.19× the size of Kagoshima
Gambia (Africa) covers about 10,500 km² (4,050 mi²) and Kagoshima (prefecture of Japan) about 8,850 km² (3,420 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 10,500km²Gambia
- 8,850km²Kagoshima
100 km
- Gambia
- Kagoshima
What fits
- Kagoshima is 84% of the size of Gambia.
- Gambia is larger by 1,650 km² (637 mi²), which is 19% of the area of Kagoshima.
- Measured in Belgiums: Gambia is about 0.34, Kagoshima about 0.29.
How they differ
- Gambia also has the larger population: 2.6 million against 1.6 million, 1.66× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 251 in Gambia against 179 in Kagoshima: Gambia is 1.40× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 13,900 km apart.
- On a standard web map Kagoshima looks larger than Gambia: Gambia at 13°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Kagoshima at 31°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Kagoshima as 1.09× the size of Gambia, when Gambia is 1.19× the size of Kagoshima.
- Together Gambia and Kagoshima cover 19,400 km², close to the size of Fiji (18,900 km², 2.2% smaller).
- The gap between them, 1,650 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
- At Kagoshima's density, Gambia would have 1.9 million people (it has 2.6 million). At Gambia's density, Kagoshima would have 2.2 million (it has 1.6 million).
- Kagoshima's centre is 17.6° of latitude, about 1,950 km, farther north than Gambia's.
- Gambia ranks 168th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Kagoshima is the 10th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.4% of its area; it is the 32nd most densely populated of them.
- Kagoshima lies about 18° of latitude (roughly 1,950 km) north of Gambia.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Gambia would have about 3,980 m² and each person in Kagoshima about 5,580 m².
- Laid side by side, Gambia and Kagoshima would cover 19,400 km², about the same size as Fiji.
- Together they have 4.2 million people, 95% as many people as Kuwait.
- Counted as a country, Kagoshima would rank 170th by area and 154th by population.
Side by side
| Gambia | Kagoshima | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryAfrica | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 10,500 km²4,050 mi² | 8,850 km²3,420 mi² |
| Official area | 11,300 km²Wikidata | 9,130 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 167th of 239worldwide | 10th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 2.6 millionWikidata, 2021 | 1.6 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 141st of 237worldwide | 24th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 251 per km² | 179 per km² |
| Capital | Banjul | Kagoshima |
| Latitude range | 13°N to 14°N | 27°N to 32°N |
Population: Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 10,500 km² is 7.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 11,300 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
- Our measured 8,850 km² is 3.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 9,130 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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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