Kagoshima and Sisaket are almost exactly the same size
Kagoshima (prefecture of Japan) covers about 8,850 km² (3,420 mi²) and Sisaket (province of Thailand) about 8,850 km² (3,420 mi²). Their outlines are laid over each other below at one scale.
- 8,850km²Kagoshima
- 8,850km²Sisaket
100 km
- Kagoshima
- Sisaket
What fits
- Sisaket is 100% of the size of Kagoshima.
- The measured areas differ by 0.1 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
- Measured in Belgiums: Kagoshima is about 0.29, Sisaket about 0.29.
How they differ
- Kagoshima also has the larger population: 1.6 million against 1.5 million, 1.09× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 179 in Kagoshima against 165 in Sisaket: Kagoshima is 1.09× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 3,200 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Kagoshima at 31°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Sisaket at 15°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Kagoshima as 1.27× the size of Sisaket instead of 1.00×.
- Together Kagoshima and Sisaket cover 17,700 km², close to the size of Kuwait (17,500 km², 1.3% smaller).
- At Sisaket's density, Kagoshima would have 1.5 million people (it has 1.6 million). At Kagoshima's density, Sisaket would have 1.6 million (it has 1.5 million).
- Kagoshima's centre is 16.2° of latitude, about 1,800 km, farther north than Sisaket's.
- Kagoshima is the 10th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.4% of its area; it is the 32nd most densely populated of them.
- Sisaket is the 21st largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 1.7% of its area; it is the 21st most densely populated of them.
- Kagoshima lies about 16° of latitude (roughly 1,800 km) north of Sisaket.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Kagoshima would have about 5,580 m² and each person in Sisaket about 6,070 m².
- Laid side by side, Kagoshima and Sisaket would cover 17,700 km², about the same size as Kuwait.
- Together they have 3.0 million people, 1.04× as many people as Armenia.
Side by side
| Kagoshima | Sisaket | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | PrefectureJapan | ProvinceThailand |
| Area, measured | 8,850 km²3,420 mi² | 8,850 km²3,420 mi² |
| Official area | 9,130 km²Wikidata | 8,840 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 10th of 47in Japan | 21st of 77in Thailand |
| Population | 1.6 millionWikidata, 2021 | 1.5 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 24th of 47in Japan | 10th of 77in Thailand |
| Density | 179 per km² | 165 per km² |
| Capital | Kagoshima | Si Sa Ket |
| Latitude range | 27°N to 32°N | 14°N to 16°N |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 8,850 km² is 3.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 9,130 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Wikidata's official figure of 8,840 km² agrees with our measured area of 8,850 km², to within 2%.
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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