Kumamoto is 1.08× the size of Shanghai
Kumamoto (prefecture of Japan) covers about 7,250 km² (2,800 mi²) and Shanghai (municipality of China) about 6,750 km² (2,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 7,250km²Kumamoto
- 6,750km²Shanghai
20 km
- Kumamoto
- Shanghai
What fits
- Shanghai is 93% of the size of Kumamoto.
- Kumamoto is larger by 508 km² (196 mi²), which is 7.5% of the area of Shanghai.
- Measured in Belgiums: Kumamoto is about 0.24, Shanghai about 0.22.
How they differ
- Kumamoto is larger, but Shanghai has the larger population: 24.9 million against 1.7 million, 14.4× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 3,687 in Shanghai against 239 in Kumamoto: Shanghai is 15.4× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 891 km apart.
- Together Kumamoto and Shanghai cover 14,000 km², close to the size of Montenegro (13,700 km², 1.9% smaller).
- The gap between them, 508 km², is about the size of Singapore (511 km²).
- At Shanghai's density, Kumamoto would have 26.7 million people (it has 1.7 million). At Kumamoto's density, Shanghai would have 1.6 million (it has 24.9 million).
- Kumamoto's centre is 1.4° of latitude, about 160 km, farther north than Shanghai's.
- Kumamoto is the 16th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.9% of its area; it is the 25th most densely populated of them.
- Shanghai is the 31st largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
- Both lie at about the same latitude, 33°N and 31°N.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Kumamoto would have about 4,190 m² and each person in Shanghai about 270 m².
- Laid side by side, Kumamoto and Shanghai would cover 14,000 km², about the same size as Montenegro.
- Together they have 26.6 million people, about as many people as North Korea.
Side by side
| Kumamoto | Shanghai | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | PrefectureJapan | MunicipalityChina |
| Area, measured | 7,250 km²2,800 mi² | 6,750 km²2,600 mi² |
| Official area | 7,400 km²Wikidata | 6,340 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 16th of 47in Japan | 31st of 31in China |
| Population | 1.7 millionWikidata, 2021 | 24.9 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 23rd of 47in Japan | 23rd of 31in China |
| Density | 239 per km² | 3,687 per km² |
| Capital | Kumamoto | – |
| Latitude range | 32°N to 33°N | 31°N to 32°N |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 7,250 km² is 2.0% below Wikidata's official figure of 7,400 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Our measured 6,750 km² is 6.4% above Wikidata's official figure of 6,340 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
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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