Libya is 418× the size of Saitama
Libya (Africa) covers about 1,624,000 km² (627,000 mi²) and Saitama (prefecture of Japan) about 3,880 km² (1,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 1,624,000km²Libya
- 3,880km²Saitama
500 km
- Libya
- Saitama
What fits
- Saitama fits inside Libya about 418 times by area.
- Libya is larger by 1,620,000 km² (625,000 mi²), which is 41,700% of the area of Saitama.
- Measured in Belgiums: Libya is about 52.9, Saitama about 0.13.
How they differ
- Libya also has the larger population: 7.4 million against 7.3 million, 1.01× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 1,890 in Saitama against 4.5 in Libya: Saitama is 416× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 10,700 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Libya at 27°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Saitama at 36°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Libya as 345× the size of Saitama instead of 418×.
- Together Libya and Saitama cover 1,628,000 km², close to the size of Iran (1,623,000 km², 0.3% smaller).
- The gap between them, 1,620,000 km², is about the size of Iran (1,623,000 km²).
- At Saitama's density, Libya would have 3.07 billion people (it has 7.4 million). At Libya's density, Saitama would have 18,000 (it has 7.3 million).
- Saitama's centre is 9.0° of latitude, about 1,000 km, farther north than Libya's.
- Libya ranks 18th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Saitama is the 39th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.0% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
- Saitama lies about 9° of latitude (roughly 998 km) north of Libya.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Libya would have about 219,990 m² and each person in Saitama about 530 m².
- Laid side by side, Libya and Saitama would cover 1,628,000 km², about the same size as Iran.
- Together they have 14.7 million people, about as many people as Rwanda.
- Counted as a country, Saitama would rank 177th by area and 105th by population.
Side by side
| Libya | Saitama | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryAfrica | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 1,624,000 km²627,000 mi² | 3,880 km²1,500 mi² |
| Official area | 1,760,000 km²Wikidata | 3,800 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 17th of 239worldwide | 39th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 7.4 millionWikidata, 2024 | 7.3 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 104th of 237worldwide | 5th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 4.5 per km² | 1,890 per km² |
| Capital | Tripoli | Saitama |
| Latitude range | 19°N to 33°N | 36°N to 36°N |
Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 1,624,000 km² is 7.7% below Wikidata's official figure of 1,760,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
- Our measured 3,880 km² is 2.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 3,800 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 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