Gambia is 1.14× the size of Yamagata
Gambia (Africa) covers about 10,500 km² (4,050 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.
- 10,500km²Gambia
- 9,240km²Yamagata
100 km
- Gambia
- Yamagata
What fits
- Yamagata is 88% of the size of Gambia.
- Gambia is larger by 1,260 km² (485 mi²), which is 14% of the area of Yamagata.
- Measured in Belgiums: Gambia is about 0.34, Yamagata about 0.30.
How they differ
- Gambia also has the larger population: 2.6 million against 1.1 million, 2.48× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 251 in Gambia against 115 in Yamagata: Gambia is 2.19× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 13,700 km apart.
- On a standard web map Yamagata looks larger than Gambia: Gambia at 13°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Yamagata at 38°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Yamagata as 1.36× the size of Gambia, when Gambia is 1.14× the size of Yamagata.
- Together Gambia and Yamagata cover 19,700 km², close to the size of Slovenia (20,300 km², 2.9% bigger).
- The gap between them, 1,260 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
- At Yamagata's density, Gambia would have 1.2 million people (it has 2.6 million). At Gambia's density, Yamagata would have 2.3 million (it has 1.1 million).
- Yamagata's centre is 25.0° of latitude, about 2,780 km, farther north than Gambia's.
- Gambia ranks 168th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- 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.
- Yamagata lies about 25° of latitude (roughly 2,780 km) north of Gambia.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Gambia would have about 3,980 m² and each person in Yamagata about 8,690 m².
- Laid side by side, Gambia and Yamagata would cover 19,700 km², about the same size as Slovenia.
- Together they have 3.7 million people, about as many people as Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- Counted as a country, Yamagata would rank 169th by area and 162nd by population.
Side by side
| Gambia | Yamagata | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryAfrica | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 10,500 km²4,050 mi² | 9,240 km²3,570 mi² |
| Official area | 11,300 km²Wikidata | 9,320 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 167th of 239worldwide | 9th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 2.6 millionWikidata, 2021 | 1.1 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 141st of 237worldwide | 35th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 251 per km² | 115 per km² |
| Capital | Banjul | Yamagata |
| Latitude range | 13°N to 14°N | 38°N to 39°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.
- 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 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