Iwate is 1.03× the size of East Timor
Iwate (prefecture of Japan) covers about 15,500 km² (5,970 mi²) and East Timor (Asia) about 15,100 km² (5,820 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 15,500km²Iwate
- 15,100km²East Timor
100 km
- Iwate
- East Timor
What fits
- East Timor is 97% of the size of Iwate.
- Iwate is larger by 391 km² (151 mi²), which is 2.6% of the area of East Timor.
- Measured in Belgiums: Iwate is about 0.50, East Timor about 0.49.
How they differ
- Iwate is larger, but East Timor has the larger population: 1.4 million against 1.2 million, 1.16× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 93 in East Timor against 78 in Iwate: East Timor is 1.19× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 5,620 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Iwate at 40°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and East Timor at 9°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Iwate as 1.69× the size of East Timor instead of 1.03×.
- Together Iwate and East Timor cover 30,600 km², close to the size of Belgium (30,700 km², 0.4% bigger).
- The gap between them, 391 km², is about the size of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (368 km²).
- At East Timor's density, Iwate would have 1.4 million people (it has 1.2 million). At Iwate's density, East Timor would have 1.2 million (it has 1.4 million).
- Iwate's centre is 48.4° of latitude, about 5,380 km, farther north than East Timor's.
- Iwate is the 2nd largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 4.1% of its area; it is the 46th most densely populated of them.
- East Timor ranks 160th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Iwate lies about 48° of latitude (roughly 5,380 km) north of East Timor, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Iwate would have about 12,830 m² and each person in East Timor about 10,770 m².
- Laid side by side, Iwate and East Timor would cover 30,600 km², about the same size as Belgium.
- Together they have 2.6 million people, about as many people as Qatar.
- Counted as a country, Iwate would rank 159th by area and 161st by population.
Side by side
| Iwate | East Timor | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | PrefectureJapan | CountryAsia |
| Area, measured | 15,500 km²5,970 mi² | 15,100 km²5,820 mi² |
| Official area | 15,300 km²Wikidata | 14,900 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 2nd of 47in Japan | 159th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 1.2 millionWikidata, 2021 | 1.4 millionWikidata, 2024 |
| Rank by population | 32nd of 47in Japan | 155th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 78 per km² | 93 per km² |
| Capital | Morioka | Dili |
| Latitude range | 39°N to 40°N | 10°S to 8°S |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2024. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 15,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 15,500 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 14,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 15,100 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