Lebanon is 1.08× the size of Yamagata
Lebanon (Asia) covers about 10,000 km² (3,860 mi²) and Yamagata (prefecture of Japan) about 9,240 km² (3,570 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 10,000km²Lebanon
- 9,240km²Yamagata
50 km
- Lebanon
- Yamagata
What fits
- Yamagata is 92% of the size of Lebanon.
- Lebanon is larger by 760 km² (293 mi²), which is 8.2% of the area of Yamagata.
- Measured in Belgiums: Lebanon is about 0.33, Yamagata about 0.30.
How they differ
- Lebanon also has the larger population: 6.1 million against 1.1 million, 5.74× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 610 in Lebanon against 115 in Yamagata: Lebanon is 5.30× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,810 km apart.
- On a standard web map Yamagata looks larger than Lebanon: Lebanon at 34°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Yamagata at 38°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Yamagata as 1.04× the size of Lebanon, when Lebanon is 1.08× the size of Yamagata.
- Together Lebanon and Yamagata cover 19,200 km², close to the size of Fiji (18,900 km², 1.7% smaller).
- The gap between them, 760 km², is about the size of Dominica (730 km²).
- At Yamagata's density, Lebanon would have 1.2 million people (it has 6.1 million). At Lebanon's density, Yamagata would have 5.6 million (it has 1.1 million).
- Yamagata's centre is 4.5° of latitude, about 500 km, farther north than Lebanon's.
- Lebanon ranks 169th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Yamagata is the 9th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.5% of its area; it is the 42nd most densely populated of them.
- Yamagata lies about 5° of latitude (roughly 502 km) north of Lebanon.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Lebanon would have about 1,640 m² and each person in Yamagata about 8,690 m².
- Laid side by side, Lebanon and Yamagata would cover 19,200 km², about the same size as Fiji.
- Together they have 7.2 million people, about as many people as Kyrgyzstan.
- Counted as a country, Yamagata would rank 169th by area and 162nd by population.
Side by side
| Lebanon | Yamagata | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryAsia | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 10,000 km²3,860 mi² | 9,240 km²3,570 mi² |
| Official area | 10,500 km²Wikidata | 9,320 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 168th of 239worldwide | 9th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 6.1 millionWikidata, 2018 | 1.1 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 113th of 237worldwide | 35th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 610 per km² | 115 per km² |
| Capital | Beirut | Yamagata |
| Latitude range | 33°N to 35°N | 38°N to 39°N |
Population: Wikidata 2018 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 10,000 km² is 4.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 10,500 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Wikidata's official figure of 9,320 km² agrees with our measured area of 9,240 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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