Goa is 1.40× the size of Saga
Goa (state of India) covers about 3,420 km² (1,320 mi²) and Saga (prefecture of Japan) about 2,450 km² (945 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 3,420km²Goa
- 2,450km²Saga
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- Goa
- Saga
What fits
- Saga is 72% of the size of Goa.
- Goa is larger by 973 km² (376 mi²), which is 40% of the area of Saga.
- Measured in Belgiums: Goa is about 0.11, Saga about 0.08.
How they differ
- Goa also has the larger population: 1.5 million against 810,000, 1.80× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 426 in Goa against 331 in Saga: Goa is 1.29× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 5,940 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Goa at 15°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Saga at 33°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Goa as 1.05× the size of Saga instead of 1.40×.
- Together Goa and Saga cover 5,870 km², close to the size of Brunei (5,720 km², 2.6% smaller).
- The gap between them, 973 km², is about the size of Åland (942 km²).
- At Saga's density, Goa would have 1.1 million people (it has 1.5 million). At Goa's density, Saga would have 1.0 million (it has 810,000).
- Saga's centre is 17.9° of latitude, about 1,990 km, farther north than Goa's.
- Goa is the 31st largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 0.1% of its area; it is the 13th most densely populated of them.
- Saga is the 42nd largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 0.7% of its area; it is the 17th most densely populated of them.
- Saga lies about 18° of latitude (roughly 1,990 km) north of Goa.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Goa would have about 2,350 m² and each person in Saga about 3,020 m².
- Laid side by side, Goa and Saga would cover 5,870 km², about the same size as Brunei.
- Together they have 2.3 million people, 94% as many people as Moldova.
- Saga is drawn from 74 points: at a size under 2,500 km² the outline is a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.
Side by side
| Goa | Saga | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateIndia | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 3,420 km²1,320 mi² | 2,450 km²945 mi² |
| Official area | 3,700 km²Wikidata | 2,440 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 31st of 36in India | 42nd of 47in Japan |
| Population | 1.5 millionWikidata, 2011 | 810,000Wikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 27th of 36in India | 41st of 47in Japan |
| Density | 426 per km² | 331 per km² |
| Capital | Panaji | Saga |
| Latitude range | 15°N to 16°N | 33°N to 34°N |
Population: Wikidata 2011 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 3,420 km² is 7.6% below Wikidata's official figure of 3,700 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 2,440 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,450 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, 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