Japan is 1.16× the size of Ivory Coast

Japan covers about 374,000 km² (144,000 mi²) and Ivory Coast about 321,000 km² (124,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

374,000km²Japan
321,000km²Ivory Coast

500 km

Japan
Ivory Coast

What fits

Ivory Coast is 86% of the size of Japan.
Japan is larger by 52,800 km² (20,400 mi²), which is 16% of the area of Ivory Coast.
Measured in Belgiums: Japan is about 12.2, Ivory Coast about 10.5.

How they differ

Japan also has the larger population: 123.8 million against 31.2 million, 3.97× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 331 in Japan against 97 in Ivory Coast: Japan is 3.41× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 13,700 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Japan at 37°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Ivory Coast at 8°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Japan as 1.81× the size of Ivory Coast instead of 1.16×.
Together Japan and Ivory Coast cover 694,000 km², close to the size of Myanmar (663,000 km², 4.5% smaller).
The gap between them, 52,800 km², is about the size of Bosnia and Herzegovina (51,800 km²).
At Ivory Coast's density, Japan would have 36.3 million people (it has 123.8 million). At Japan's density, Ivory Coast would have 106.3 million (it has 31.2 million).
Japan's centre is 29.8° of latitude, about 3,310 km, farther north than Ivory Coast's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Japan	1.16×
More people	Japan	3.97×
More crowded	Japan	3.41×
Farther north	Japan	29.8° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Japan	1.6× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Japan	Ivory Coast
Belgium 30,700 km²	12.2×	10.5×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.53×	1.32×
Germany 358,000 km²	1.04×	0.90×
France 548,000 km²	0.68×	0.59×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.12×	0.10×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	0.04×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.04×	0.03×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	0.02×

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	Japan	Ivory Coast
Area, main territory	374,000 km²144,000 mi²	321,000 km²124,000 mi²
Population	123.8 millionWikidata, 2024	31.2 millionWikidata, 2023
Density	331 per km²	97 per km²
Official area	378,000 km²Wikidata	322,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Tokyo	Yamoussoukro
Latitude range	24°N to 46°N	4°N to 11°N
Continent	Asia	Africa

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2023, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 378,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 374,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 322,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 321,000 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
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: 2026-11-11

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