Kagawa is 1.69× the size of Martinique
Kagawa (prefecture of Japan) covers about 1,850 km² (716 mi²) and Martinique (overseas region of France) about 1,100 km² (424 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 1,850km²Kagawa
- 1,100km²Martinique
20 km
- Kagawa
- Martinique
What fits
- Martinique is 59% of the size of Kagawa.
- Kagawa is larger by 756 km² (292 mi²), which is 69% of the area of Martinique.
- Measured in Belgiums: Kagawa is about 0.06, Martinique about 0.04.
How they differ
- Kagawa also has the larger population: 949,000 against 361,000, 2.63× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 512 in Kagawa against 329 in Martinique: Kagawa is 1.56× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 14,400 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Kagawa at 34°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Martinique at 15°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Kagawa as 2.31× the size of Martinique instead of 1.69×.
- Together Kagawa and Martinique cover 2,950 km², close to the size of Samoa (2,780 km², 5.8% smaller).
- The gap between them, 756 km², is about the size of Dominica (730 km²).
- At Martinique's density, Kagawa would have 610,000 people (it has 949,000). At Kagawa's density, Martinique would have 562,000 (it has 361,000).
- Kagawa's centre is 19.6° of latitude, about 2,180 km, farther north than Martinique'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.
- Martinique is the 17th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 0.2% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
- Kagawa lies about 20° of latitude (roughly 2,180 km) north of Martinique.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Kagawa would have about 1,950 m² and each person in Martinique about 3,040 m².
- Laid side by side, Kagawa and Martinique would cover 2,950 km², 1.06× the size of Samoa.
- Together they have 1.3 million people, about as many people as Cyprus.
- Kagawa is drawn from 94 points and Martinique is drawn from 72 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
| Kagawa | Martinique | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | PrefectureJapan | Overseas regionFrance |
| Area, measured | 1,850 km²716 mi² | 1,100 km²424 mi² |
| Official area | 1,860 km²Wikidata | 1,130 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 47th of 47in Japan | 17th of 18in France |
| Population | 949,000Wikidata, 2020 | 361,000Wikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 38th of 47in Japan | 15th of 18in France |
| Density | 512 per km² | 329 per km² |
| Capital | Takamatsu | Fort-de-France |
| Latitude range | 34°N to 35°N | 14°N to 15°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 1,860 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,850 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 1,100 km² is 2.7% below Wikidata's official figure of 1,130 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
- 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
