Japan is 2.13× the size of Guangdong
Japan (Asia) covers about 374,000 km² (144,000 mi²) and Guangdong (province of China) about 175,000 km² (67,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 374,000km²Japan
- 175,000km²Guangdong
500 km
- Japan
- Guangdong
What fits
- Guangdong fits inside Japan about 2.13 times by area.
- Japan is larger by 198,000 km² (76,500 mi²), which is 113% of the area of Guangdong.
- Measured in Belgiums: Japan is about 12.2, Guangdong about 5.72.
How they differ
- Japan is larger, but Guangdong has the larger population: 126.0 million against 123.8 million, 1.02× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 718 in Guangdong against 331 in Japan: Guangdong is 2.17× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 2,790 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Japan at 37°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Guangdong at 23°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Japan as 2.84× the size of Guangdong instead of 2.13×.
- Together Japan and Guangdong cover 549,000 km², close to the size of France (548,000 km², 0.2% smaller).
- The gap between them, 198,000 km², is about the size of Kyrgyzstan (199,000 km²).
- At Guangdong's density, Japan would have 268.2 million people (it has 123.8 million). At Japan's density, Guangdong would have 58.2 million (it has 126.0 million).
- Japan's centre is 14.1° of latitude, about 1,560 km, farther north than Guangdong's.
- Japan ranks 64th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Guangdong is the 15th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 1.9% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
- Japan lies about 14° of latitude (roughly 1,560 km) north of Guangdong.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Japan would have about 3,020 m² and each person in Guangdong about 1,390 m².
- Laid side by side, Japan and Guangdong would cover 549,000 km², about the same size as France.
- Together they have 249.8 million people, 91% as many people as Indonesia.
- Counted as a country, Guangdong would rank 91st by area and 12th by population.
Side by side
| Japan | Guangdong | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryAsia | ProvinceChina |
| Area, measured | 374,000 km²144,000 mi² | 175,000 km²67,800 mi² |
| Official area | 378,000 km²Wikidata | 180,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 63rd of 239worldwide | 15th of 31in China |
| Population | 123.8 millionWikidata, 2024 | 126.0 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 12th of 237worldwide | 1st of 31in China |
| Density | 331 per km² | 718 per km² |
| Capital | Tokyo | Guangzhou |
| Latitude range | 24°N to 46°N | 20°N to 26°N |
Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 378,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 374,000 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 175,000 km² is 2.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 180,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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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