Lesotho is 4.75× the size of Gunma
Lesotho (Africa) covers about 30,100 km² (11,600 mi²) and Gunma (prefecture of Japan) about 6,340 km² (2,450 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 30,100km²Lesotho
- 6,340km²Gunma
50 km
- Lesotho
- Gunma
What fits
- Gunma fits inside Lesotho about 4.75 times by area.
- Lesotho is larger by 23,800 km² (9,180 mi²), which is 375% of the area of Gunma.
- Measured in Belgiums: Lesotho is about 0.98, Gunma about 0.21.
How they differ
- Lesotho also has the larger population: 2.0 million against 1.9 million, 1.04× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 305 in Gunma against 67 in Lesotho: Gunma is 4.58× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 13,600 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Lesotho at 30°S is drawn about 1.3× too large and Gunma at 36°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Lesotho as 4.06× the size of Gunma instead of 4.75×.
- Together Lesotho and Gunma cover 36,400 km², close to the size of Taiwan (36,200 km², 0.7% smaller).
- The gap between them, 23,800 km², is about the size of Rwanda (25,300 km²).
- At Gunma's density, Lesotho would have 9.2 million people (it has 2.0 million). At Lesotho's density, Gunma would have 422,000 (it has 1.9 million).
- Gunma's centre is 66.1° of latitude, about 7,350 km, farther north than Lesotho's.
- Lesotho ranks 142nd of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Gunma is the 22nd largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.7% of its area; it is the 19th most densely populated of them.
- Gunma lies about 66° of latitude (roughly 7,350 km) north of Lesotho, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Lesotho would have about 15,000 m² and each person in Gunma about 3,270 m².
- Laid side by side, Lesotho and Gunma would cover 36,400 km², about the same size as the Netherlands.
- Together they have 3.9 million people, about as many people as Georgia.
- Counted as a country, Gunma would rank 171st by area and 149th by population.
Side by side
| Lesotho | Gunma | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryAfrica | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 30,100 km²11,600 mi² | 6,340 km²2,450 mi² |
| Official area | 30,400 km²Wikidata | 6,360 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 141st of 239worldwide | 22nd of 47in Japan |
| Population | 2.0 millionWikidata, 2016 | 1.9 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 148th of 237worldwide | 18th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 67 per km² | 305 per km² |
| Capital | Maseru | Maebashi |
| Latitude range | 31°S to 29°S | 36°N to 37°N |
Population: Wikidata 2016 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 30,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,100 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 6,360 km² agrees with our measured area of 6,340 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