Ishikawa is 1.05× the size of Cape Verde

What fits

• Cape Verde is 95% of the size of Ishikawa.
• Ishikawa is larger by 187 km² (72.4 mi²), which is 4.8% of the area of Cape Verde.
• Measured in Belgiums: Ishikawa is about 0.13, Cape Verde about 0.13.

How they differ

• Ishikawa also has the larger population: 1.1 million against 556,000, 2.04× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 275 in Ishikawa against 142 in Cape Verde: Ishikawa is 1.94× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 13,800 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Ishikawa at 37°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Cape Verde at 16°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Ishikawa as 1.51× the size of Cape Verde instead of 1.05×.
• Together Ishikawa and Cape Verde cover 8,040 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 24% bigger).
• The gap between them, 187 km², is about the size of Aruba (170 km²).
• At Cape Verde's density, Ishikawa would have 583,000 people (it has 1.1 million). At Ishikawa's density, Cape Verde would have 1.1 million (it has 556,000).
• Ishikawa's centre is 20.8° of latitude, about 2,320 km, farther north than Cape Verde's.
• Ishikawa is the 36th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 23rd most densely populated of them.
• Cape Verde ranks 176th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Ishikawa lies about 21° of latitude (roughly 2,320 km) north of Cape Verde.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Ishikawa would have about 3,630 m² and each person in Cape Verde about 7,060 m².
• Laid side by side, Ishikawa and Cape Verde would cover 8,040 km², 80% of the size of Lebanon.
• Together they have 1.7 million people, 92% as many people as North Macedonia.
• Counted as a country, Ishikawa would rank 175th by area and 162nd by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 4,190 km² agrees with our measured area of 4,110 km², to within 2%.
• Our measured 3,930 km² is 2.6% below Wikidata's official figure of 4,030 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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