Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is 2.62× the size of Kagoshima

What fits

• Kagoshima fits inside Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania about 2.62 times by area.
• Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is larger by 14,400 km² (5,540 mi²), which is 162% of the area of Kagoshima.
• Measured in Belgiums: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is about 0.76, Kagoshima about 0.29.

How they differ

• Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is larger, but Kagoshima has the larger population: 1.6 million against 1.6 million, 1.01× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 179 in Kagoshima against 68 in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Kagoshima is 2.65× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 8,860 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Kagoshima at 31°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as 5.51× the size of Kagoshima instead of 2.62×.
• Together Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Kagoshima cover 32,100 km², close to the size of Guinea-Bissau (32,800 km², 2.4% bigger).
• The gap between them, 14,400 km², is about the size of Montenegro (13,700 km²).
• At Kagoshima's density, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania would have 4.2 million people (it has 1.6 million). At Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's density, Kagoshima would have 599,000 (it has 1.6 million).
• Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's centre is 22.7° of latitude, about 2,530 km, farther north than Kagoshima's.
• Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is the 6th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 6.5% of its area; it is the 16th most densely populated of them.
• Kagoshima is the 10th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.4% of its area; it is the 32nd most densely populated of them.
• Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania lies about 23° of latitude (roughly 2,530 km) north of Kagoshima.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania would have about 14,770 m² and each person in Kagoshima about 5,580 m².
• Laid side by side, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Kagoshima would cover 32,100 km², about the same size as Guinea-Bissau.
• Together they have 3.2 million people, 1.08× as many people as Armenia.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 23,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 23,200 km², to within 2%.
• Our measured 8,850 km² is 3.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 9,130 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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