Hyogo is 1.18× the size of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

What fits

• Andaman and Nicobar Islands is 85% of the size of Hyogo.
• Hyogo is larger by 1,280 km² (492 mi²), which is 18% of the area of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
• Measured in Belgiums: Hyogo is about 0.27, Andaman and Nicobar Islands about 0.23.

How they differ

• Hyogo also has the larger population: 5.5 million against 356,000, 15.3× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 651 in Hyogo against 50 in Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Hyogo is 13.0× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 4,980 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Hyogo at 35°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Andaman and Nicobar Islands at 11°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Hyogo as 1.69× the size of Andaman and Nicobar Islands instead of 1.18×.
• Together Hyogo and Andaman and Nicobar Islands cover 15,500 km², close to the size of East Timor (15,100 km², 2.6% smaller).
• The gap between them, 1,280 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
• At Andaman and Nicobar Islands's density, Hyogo would have 420,000 people (it has 5.5 million). At Hyogo's density, Andaman and Nicobar Islands would have 4.6 million (it has 356,000).
• Hyogo's centre is 23.9° of latitude, about 2,660 km, farther north than Andaman and Nicobar Islands's.
• Hyogo is the 11th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.2% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands is the 29th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 0.2% of its area; it is the 34th most densely populated of them.
• Hyogo lies about 24° of latitude (roughly 2,660 km) north of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Hyogo would have about 1,540 m² and each person in Andaman and Nicobar Islands about 19,950 m².
• Laid side by side, Hyogo and Andaman and Nicobar Islands would cover 15,500 km², about the same size as East Timor.
• Together they have 5.8 million people, about as many people as Denmark.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2005. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 8,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 8,380 km², to within 2%.
• Our measured 7,110 km² is 14% below Wikidata's official figure of 8,250 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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