Iwate is 1.13× the size of Montenegro
Iwate (prefecture of Japan) covers about 15,500 km² (5,970 mi²) and Montenegro (Europe) about 13,700 km² (5,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 15,500km²Iwate
- 13,700km²Montenegro
50 km
- Iwate
- Montenegro
What fits
- Montenegro is 89% of the size of Iwate.
- Iwate is larger by 1,750 km² (674 mi²), which is 13% of the area of Montenegro.
- Measured in Belgiums: Iwate is about 0.50, Montenegro about 0.45.
How they differ
- Iwate also has the larger population: 1.2 million against 617,000, 1.95× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 78 in Iwate against 45 in Montenegro: Iwate is 1.73× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,160 km apart.
- Together Iwate and Montenegro cover 29,200 km², close to the size of Armenia (29,600 km², 1.3% bigger).
- The gap between them, 1,750 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
- At Montenegro's density, Iwate would have 696,000 people (it has 1.2 million). At Iwate's density, Montenegro would have 1.1 million (it has 617,000).
- Montenegro's centre is 3.2° of latitude, about 360 km, farther north than Iwate'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.
- Montenegro ranks 161st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Montenegro lies about 3° of latitude (roughly 355 km) north of Iwate.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Iwate would have about 12,830 m² and each person in Montenegro about 22,240 m².
- Laid side by side, Iwate and Montenegro would cover 29,200 km², about the same size as Armenia.
- Together they have 1.8 million people, about as many people as North Macedonia.
- Counted as a country, Iwate would rank 159th by area and 161st by population.
Side by side
| Iwate | Montenegro | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | PrefectureJapan | CountryEurope |
| Area, measured | 15,500 km²5,970 mi² | 13,700 km²5,300 mi² |
| Official area | 15,300 km²Wikidata | 13,900 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 2nd of 47in Japan | 160th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 1.2 millionWikidata, 2021 | 617,000Wikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 32nd of 47in Japan | 167th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 78 per km² | 45 per km² |
| Capital | Morioka | Podgorica |
| Latitude range | 39°N to 40°N | 42°N to 44°N |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2022. 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 13,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 13,700 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