Mauritius is 1.08× the size of Osaka
Mauritius (Seven seas (open ocean)) covers about 2,000 km² (772 mi²) and Osaka (prefecture of Japan) about 1,860 km² (716 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 2,000km²Mauritius
- 1,860km²Osaka
200 km
- Mauritius
- Osaka
What fits
- Osaka is 93% of the size of Mauritius.
- Mauritius is larger by 145 km² (56.1 mi²), which is 7.8% of the area of Osaka.
- Measured in Belgiums: Mauritius is about 0.07, Osaka about 0.06.
How they differ
- Mauritius is larger, but Osaka has the larger population: 8.8 million against 1.3 million, 6.98× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 4,758 in Osaka against 628 in Mauritius: Osaka is 7.58× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 10,200 km apart.
- On a standard web map Osaka looks larger than Mauritius: Mauritius at 20°S is drawn about 1.1× too large and Osaka at 35°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Osaka as 1.20× the size of Mauritius, when Mauritius is 1.08× the size of Osaka.
- Together Mauritius and Osaka cover 3,860 km², close to the size of Cape Verde (3,930 km², 1.8% bigger).
- The gap between them, 145 km², is about the size of Liechtenstein (137 km²).
- At Osaka's density, Mauritius would have 9.6 million people (it has 1.3 million). At Mauritius's density, Osaka would have 1.2 million (it has 8.8 million).
- Osaka's centre is 54.9° of latitude, about 6,100 km, farther north than Mauritius's.
- Mauritius ranks 182nd of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Osaka is the 46th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 0.5% of its area; it is the 2nd most densely populated of them.
- Osaka lies about 55° of latitude (roughly 6,100 km) north of Mauritius, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Mauritius would have about 1,590 m² and each person in Osaka about 210 m².
- Laid side by side, Mauritius and Osaka would cover 3,860 km², about the same size as Cape Verde.
- Together they have 10.1 million people, about as many people as Azerbaijan.
- Mauritius is drawn from 26 points and Osaka is drawn from 55 points: at sizes under 2,500 km² the outlines are a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.
- Counted as a country, Osaka would rank 182nd by area and 100th by population.
Side by side
| Mauritius | Osaka | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountrySeven seas (open ocean) | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 2,000 km²772 mi² | 1,860 km²716 mi² |
| Official area | 2,040 km²Wikidata | 1,910 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 181st of 239worldwide | 46th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 1.3 millionWikidata, 2017 | 8.8 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 159th of 237worldwide | 3rd of 47in Japan |
| Density | 628 per km² | 4,758 per km² |
| Capital | Port Louis | Osaka |
| Latitude range | 21°S to 20°S | 34°N to 35°N |
Population: Wikidata 2017 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 2,040 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,010 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 1,860 km² is 2.6% below Wikidata's official figure of 1,910 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