Japan is 1.05× the size of Mato Grosso do Sul

What fits

• Mato Grosso do Sul is 95% of the size of Japan.
• Japan is larger by 17,500 km² (6,740 mi²), which is 4.9% of the area of Mato Grosso do Sul.
• Measured in Belgiums: Japan is about 12.2, Mato Grosso do Sul about 11.6.

How they differ

• Japan also has the larger population: 123.8 million against 2.8 million, 44.9× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 331 in Japan against 7.7 in Mato Grosso do Sul: Japan is 42.8× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 17,800 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Japan at 37°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Mato Grosso do Sul at 20°S about 1.1×, so the map shows Japan as 1.46× the size of Mato Grosso do Sul instead of 1.05×.
• Together Japan and Mato Grosso do Sul cover 730,000 km², close to the size of Chile (736,000 km², 0.9% bigger).
• The gap between them, 17,500 km², is about the size of Kuwait (17,500 km²).
• At Mato Grosso do Sul's density, Japan would have 2.9 million people (it has 123.8 million). At Japan's density, Mato Grosso do Sul would have 118.0 million (it has 2.8 million).
• Japan's centre is 57.7° of latitude, about 6,420 km, farther north than Mato Grosso do Sul's.
• Japan ranks 64th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Mato Grosso do Sul is the 6th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 4.2% of its area; it is the 19th most densely populated of them.
• Japan lies about 58° of latitude (roughly 6,420 km) north of Mato Grosso do Sul, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Japan would have about 3,020 m² and each person in Mato Grosso do Sul about 129,140 m².
• Laid side by side, Japan and Mato Grosso do Sul would cover 730,000 km², about the same size as Chile.
• Together they have 126.6 million people, about as many people as Ethiopia.
• Counted as a country, Mato Grosso do Sul would rank 65th by area and 140th by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2022. 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 357,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 356,000 km², to within 2%.

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