Gunma is 1.25× the size of Morelos
Gunma (prefecture of Japan) covers about 6,340 km² (2,450 mi²) and Morelos (state of Mexico) about 5,080 km² (1,960 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 6,340km²Gunma
- 5,080km²Morelos
20 km
- Gunma
- Morelos
What fits
- Morelos is 80% of the size of Gunma.
- Gunma is larger by 1,260 km² (485 mi²), which is 25% of the area of Morelos.
- Measured in Belgiums: Gunma is about 0.21, Morelos about 0.17.
How they differ
- Gunma is larger, but Morelos has the larger population: 2.0 million against 1.9 million, 1.02× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 388 in Morelos against 305 in Gunma: Morelos is 1.27× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 11,400 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Gunma at 36°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Morelos at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Gunma as 1.73× the size of Morelos instead of 1.25×.
- Together Gunma and Morelos cover 11,400 km², close to the size of Falkland Islands (11,600 km², 1.6% bigger).
- The gap between them, 1,260 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
- At Morelos's density, Gunma would have 2.5 million people (it has 1.9 million). At Gunma's density, Morelos would have 1.6 million (it has 2.0 million).
- Gunma's centre is 17.7° of latitude, about 1,970 km, farther north than Morelos's.
- Gunma is the 22nd largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.7% of its area; it is the 19th most densely populated of them.
- Morelos is the 30th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 3rd most densely populated of them.
- Gunma lies about 18° of latitude (roughly 1,970 km) north of Morelos.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Gunma would have about 3,270 m² and each person in Morelos about 2,580 m².
- Laid side by side, Gunma and Morelos would cover 11,400 km², about the same size as Qatar.
- Together they have 3.9 million people, about as many people as Georgia.
Side by side
| Gunma | Morelos | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | PrefectureJapan | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 6,340 km²2,450 mi² | 5,080 km²1,960 mi² |
| Official area | 6,360 km²Wikidata | 4,880 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 22nd of 47in Japan | 30th of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 1.9 millionWikidata, 2021 | 2.0 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 18th of 47in Japan | 23rd of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 305 per km² | 388 per km² |
| Capital | Maebashi | Cuernavaca |
| Latitude range | 36°N to 37°N | 18°N to 19°N |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 6,360 km² agrees with our measured area of 6,340 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 5,080 km² is 4.1% above Wikidata's official figure of 4,880 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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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