Hiroshima is 1.04× the size of Community of Madrid

What fits

• Community of Madrid is 96% of the size of Hiroshima.
• Hiroshima is larger by 301 km² (116 mi²), which is 3.8% of the area of Community of Madrid.
• Measured in Belgiums: Hiroshima is about 0.27, Community of Madrid about 0.26.

How they differ

• Hiroshima is larger, but Community of Madrid has the larger population: 7.0 million against 2.8 million, 2.51× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 875 in Community of Madrid against 336 in Hiroshima: Community of Madrid is 2.60× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 10,600 km apart.
• On a standard web map Community of Madrid looks larger than Hiroshima: Hiroshima at 35°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Community of Madrid at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Community of Madrid as 1.13× the size of Hiroshima, when Hiroshima is 1.04× the size of Community of Madrid.
• Together Hiroshima and Community of Madrid cover 16,300 km², close to the size of Eswatini (17,100 km², 5.0% bigger).
• The gap between them, 301 km², is about the size of Malta (326 km²).
• At Community of Madrid's density, Hiroshima would have 7.3 million people (it has 2.8 million). At Hiroshima's density, Community of Madrid would have 2.7 million (it has 7.0 million).
• Community of Madrid's centre is 5.9° of latitude, about 650 km, farther north than Hiroshima's.
• Hiroshima is the 12th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.2% of its area; it is the 16th most densely populated of them.
• Community of Madrid is the 12th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 1.6% of its area; it is the 3rd most densely populated of them.
• Community of Madrid lies about 6° of latitude (roughly 655 km) north of Hiroshima.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Hiroshima would have about 2,970 m² and each person in Community of Madrid about 1,140 m².
• Laid side by side, Hiroshima and Community of Madrid would cover 16,300 km², 95% of the size of Eswatini.
• Together they have 9.8 million people, about as many people as the United Arab Emirates.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2024. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Our measured 8,300 km² is 2.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 8,480 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
• Wikidata's official figure of 8,030 km² agrees with our measured area of 8,000 km², to within 2%.

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