Gifu is 1.02× the size of Gambia
Gifu (prefecture of Japan) covers about 10,700 km² (4,130 mi²) and Gambia (Africa) about 10,500 km² (4,050 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 10,700km²Gifu
- 10,500km²Gambia
100 km
- Gifu
- Gambia
What fits
- Gambia is 98% of the size of Gifu.
- Gifu is larger by 185 km² (71.3 mi²), which is 1.8% of the area of Gambia.
- Measured in Belgiums: Gifu is about 0.35, Gambia about 0.34.
How they differ
- Gifu is larger, but Gambia has the larger population: 2.6 million against 2.0 million, 1.34× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 251 in Gambia against 185 in Gifu: Gambia is 1.36× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 13,800 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Gifu at 36°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Gambia at 13°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Gifu as 1.46× the size of Gambia instead of 1.02×.
- Together Gifu and Gambia cover 21,200 km², close to the size of Djibouti (21,800 km², 3.1% bigger).
- The gap between them, 185 km², is about the size of Aruba (170 km²).
- At Gambia's density, Gifu would have 2.7 million people (it has 2.0 million). At Gifu's density, Gambia would have 1.9 million (it has 2.6 million).
- Gifu's centre is 22.3° of latitude, about 2,480 km, farther north than Gambia's.
- Gifu is the 7th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.9% of its area; it is the 30th most densely populated of them.
- Gambia ranks 168th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Gifu lies about 22° of latitude (roughly 2,480 km) north of Gambia.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Gifu would have about 5,410 m² and each person in Gambia about 3,980 m².
- Laid side by side, Gifu and Gambia would cover 21,200 km², 97% of the size of Djibouti.
- Together they have 4.6 million people, about as many people as Panama.
- Counted as a country, Gifu would rank 167th by area and 149th by population.
Side by side
| Gifu | Gambia | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | PrefectureJapan | CountryAfrica |
| Area, measured | 10,700 km²4,130 mi² | 10,500 km²4,050 mi² |
| Official area | 10,600 km²Wikidata | 11,300 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 7th of 47in Japan | 167th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 2.0 millionWikidata, 2020 | 2.6 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 17th of 47in Japan | 141st of 237worldwide |
| Density | 185 per km² | 251 per km² |
| Capital | Gifu | Banjul |
| Latitude range | 35°N to 36°N | 13°N to 14°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 10,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 10,700 km², to within 2%.
- 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.
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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