Kagawa is 1.19× the size of Bangkok

What fits

• Bangkok is 84% of the size of Kagawa.
• Kagawa is larger by 290 km² (112 mi²), which is 19% of the area of Bangkok.
• Measured in Belgiums: Kagawa is about 0.06, Bangkok about 0.05.

How they differ

• Kagawa is larger, but Bangkok has the larger population: 5.7 million against 949,000, 5.98× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 3,630 in Bangkok against 512 in Kagawa: Bangkok is 7.09× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 4,050 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Kagawa at 34°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Bangkok at 14°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Kagawa as 1.64× the size of Bangkok instead of 1.19×.
• Together Kagawa and Bangkok cover 3,420 km², close to the size of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (3,320 km², 2.9% smaller).
• The gap between them, 290 km², is about the size of Saint Kitts and Nevis (264 km²).
• At Bangkok's density, Kagawa would have 6.7 million people (it has 949,000). At Kagawa's density, Bangkok would have 801,000 (it has 5.7 million).
• Kagawa's centre is 20.5° of latitude, about 2,280 km, farther north than Bangkok's.
• Kagawa is the 47th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 0.5% of its area; it is the 11th most densely populated of them.
• Bangkok is the 69th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
• Kagawa lies about 20° of latitude (roughly 2,280 km) north of Bangkok.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Kagawa would have about 1,950 m² and each person in Bangkok about 280 m².
• Laid side by side, Kagawa and Bangkok would cover 3,420 km², 87% of the size of Cape Verde.
• Together they have 6.6 million people, about as many people as Serbia.
• Kagawa is drawn from 94 points and Bangkok is drawn from 40 points: at sizes under 2,500 km² the outlines are a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2018. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 1,860 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,850 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 1,570 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,560 km², to within 2%.

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