Guanajuato is 1.97× the size of Iwate
Guanajuato (state of Mexico) covers about 30,400 km² (11,700 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.
- 30,400km²Guanajuato
- 15,500km²Iwate
50 km
- Guanajuato
- Iwate
What fits
- Iwate is 51% of the size of Guanajuato.
- Guanajuato is larger by 14,900 km² (5,770 mi²), which is 97% of the area of Iwate.
- Measured in Belgiums: Guanajuato is about 0.99, Iwate about 0.50.
How they differ
- Guanajuato also has the larger population: 5.9 million against 1.2 million, 4.86× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 192 in Guanajuato against 78 in Iwate: Guanajuato is 2.47× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 10,700 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Guanajuato at 21°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Iwate at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Guanajuato as 1.34× the size of Iwate instead of 1.97×.
- Together Guanajuato and Iwate cover 45,900 km², close to the size of Estonia (45,800 km², 0.2% smaller).
- The gap between them, 14,900 km², is about the size of East Timor (15,100 km²).
- At Iwate's density, Guanajuato would have 2.4 million people (it has 5.9 million). At Guanajuato's density, Iwate would have 3.0 million (it has 1.2 million).
- Iwate's centre is 18.7° of latitude, about 2,080 km, farther north than Guanajuato's.
- Guanajuato is the 22nd largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 1.6% of its area; it is the 6th 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.
- Iwate lies about 19° of latitude (roughly 2,080 km) north of Guanajuato.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Guanajuato would have about 5,200 m² and each person in Iwate about 12,830 m².
- Laid side by side, Guanajuato and Iwate would cover 45,900 km², about the same size as Estonia.
- Together they have 7.1 million people, about as many people as Laos.
Side by side
| Guanajuato | Iwate | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateMexico | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 30,400 km²11,700 mi² | 15,500 km²5,970 mi² |
| Official area | 30,600 km²Wikidata | 15,300 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 22nd of 32in Mexico | 2nd of 47in Japan |
| Population | 5.9 millionWikidata, 2015 | 1.2 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 6th of 32in Mexico | 32nd of 47in Japan |
| Density | 192 per km² | 78 per km² |
| Capital | Guanajuato | Morioka |
| Latitude range | 20°N to 22°N | 39°N to 40°N |
Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 30,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,400 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
- 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