Guinea-Bissau is 5.06× the size of Tochigi
Guinea-Bissau (Africa) covers about 32,800 km² (12,700 mi²) and Tochigi (prefecture of Japan) about 6,480 km² (2,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 32,800km²Guinea-Bissau
- 6,480km²Tochigi
100 km
- Guinea-Bissau
- Tochigi
What fits
- Tochigi fits inside Guinea-Bissau about 5.06 times by area.
- Guinea-Bissau is larger by 26,300 km² (10,200 mi²), which is 406% of the area of Tochigi.
- Measured in Belgiums: Guinea-Bissau is about 1.07, Tochigi about 0.21.
How they differ
- Guinea-Bissau is larger, but Tochigi has the larger population: 1.9 million against 1.9 million, 1.04× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 297 in Tochigi against 57 in Guinea-Bissau: Tochigi is 5.25× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 14,000 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Guinea-Bissau at 12°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Tochigi at 37°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Guinea-Bissau as 3.40× the size of Tochigi instead of 5.06×.
- Together Guinea-Bissau and Tochigi cover 39,300 km², close to the size of Bhutan (40,400 km², 2.8% bigger).
- The gap between them, 26,300 km², is about the size of Equatorial Guinea (26,700 km²).
- At Tochigi's density, Guinea-Bissau would have 9.8 million people (it has 1.9 million). At Guinea-Bissau's density, Tochigi would have 368,000 (it has 1.9 million).
- Tochigi's centre is 24.7° of latitude, about 2,740 km, farther north than Guinea-Bissau's.
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 140th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Tochigi is the 21st largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.7% of its area; it is the 22nd most densely populated of them.
- Tochigi lies about 25° of latitude (roughly 2,740 km) north of Guinea-Bissau.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Guinea-Bissau would have about 17,640 m² and each person in Tochigi about 3,360 m².
- Laid side by side, Guinea-Bissau and Tochigi would cover 39,300 km², about the same size as Bhutan.
- Together they have 3.8 million people, about as many people as Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- Counted as a country, Tochigi would rank 171st by area and 149th by population.
Side by side
| Guinea-Bissau | Tochigi | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryAfrica | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 32,800 km²12,700 mi² | 6,480 km²2,500 mi² |
| Official area | 36,100 km²Wikidata | 6,410 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 139th of 239worldwide | 21st of 47in Japan |
| Population | 1.9 millionWikidata, 2017 | 1.9 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 149th of 237worldwide | 19th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 57 per km² | 297 per km² |
| Capital | Bissau | Utsunomiya |
| Latitude range | 11°N to 13°N | 36°N to 37°N |
Population: Wikidata 2017 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 32,800 km² is 9.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 36,100 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 6,410 km² agrees with our measured area of 6,480 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