Maine is 14.0× the size of Yamaguchi
Maine (state of the United States) covers about 84,300 km² (32,500 mi²) and Yamaguchi (prefecture of Japan) about 6,020 km² (2,320 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 84,300km²Maine
- 6,020km²Yamaguchi
100 km
- Maine
- Yamaguchi
What fits
- Yamaguchi fits inside Maine about 14.0 times by area.
- Maine is larger by 78,200 km² (30,200 mi²), which is 1,299% of the area of Yamaguchi.
- Measured in Belgiums: Maine is about 2.75, Yamaguchi about 0.20.
How they differ
- Maine also has the larger population: 1.4 million against 1.3 million, 1.02× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 222 in Yamaguchi against 16 in Maine: Yamaguchi is 13.7× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 10,900 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Maine at 45°N is drawn about 2.0× too large and Yamaguchi at 34°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Maine as 19.4× the size of Yamaguchi instead of 14.0×.
- Together Maine and Yamaguchi cover 90,300 km², close to the size of Western Sahara (90,500 km², 0.2% bigger).
- The gap between them, 78,200 km², is about the size of Czechia (78,800 km²).
- At Yamaguchi's density, Maine would have 18.7 million people (it has 1.4 million). At Maine's density, Yamaguchi would have 97,000 (it has 1.3 million).
- Maine's centre is 11.2° of latitude, about 1,240 km, farther north than Yamaguchi's.
- Maine is the 39th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.9% of its area; it is the 40th most densely populated of them.
- Yamaguchi is the 24th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.6% of its area; it is the 28th most densely populated of them.
- Maine lies about 11° of latitude (roughly 1,240 km) north of Yamaguchi.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Maine would have about 61,850 m² and each person in Yamaguchi about 4,510 m².
- Laid side by side, Maine and Yamaguchi would cover 90,300 km², about the same size as Portugal.
- Together they have 2.7 million people, about as many people as Jamaica.
Side by side
| Maine | Yamaguchi | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateUnited States | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 84,300 km²32,500 mi² | 6,020 km²2,320 mi² |
| Official area | 91,600 km²Wikidata | 6,110 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 39th of 51in the United States | 24th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 1.4 millionWikidata, 2020 | 1.3 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 42nd of 51in the United States | 27th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 16 per km² | 222 per km² |
| Capital | Augusta | Yamaguchi |
| Latitude range | 43°N to 47°N | 34°N to 35°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 84,300 km² is 8.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 91,600 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
- Wikidata's official figure of 6,110 km² agrees with our measured area of 6,020 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