Meghalaya is 1.49× the size of Iwate
Meghalaya (state of India) covers about 23,100 km² (8,930 mi²) and Iwate (prefecture of Japan) about 15,500 km² (5,970 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 23,100km²Meghalaya
- 15,500km²Iwate
50 km
- Meghalaya
- Iwate
What fits
- Iwate is 67% of the size of Meghalaya.
- Meghalaya is larger by 7,650 km² (2,950 mi²), which is 49% of the area of Iwate.
- Measured in Belgiums: Meghalaya is about 0.75, Iwate about 0.50.
How they differ
- Meghalaya also has the larger population: 3.0 million against 1.2 million, 2.46× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 128 in Meghalaya against 78 in Iwate: Meghalaya is 1.65× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 4,880 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Meghalaya at 26°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Iwate at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Meghalaya as 1.09× the size of Iwate instead of 1.49×.
- Together Meghalaya and Iwate cover 38,600 km², close to the size of Netherlands (37,100 km², 3.9% smaller).
- The gap between them, 7,650 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
- At Iwate's density, Meghalaya would have 1.8 million people (it has 3.0 million). At Meghalaya's density, Iwate would have 2.0 million (it has 1.2 million).
- Iwate's centre is 14.1° of latitude, about 1,560 km, farther north than Meghalaya's.
- Meghalaya is the 24th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 0.7% of its area; it is the 29th most densely populated of them.
- Iwate is the 2nd largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 4.1% of its area; it is the 46th most densely populated of them.
- Iwate lies about 14° of latitude (roughly 1,560 km) north of Meghalaya.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Meghalaya would have about 7,790 m² and each person in Iwate about 12,830 m².
- Laid side by side, Meghalaya and Iwate would cover 38,600 km², 1.04× the size of the Netherlands.
- Together they have 4.2 million people, 1.06× as many people as Georgia.
Side by side
| Meghalaya | Iwate | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateIndia | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 23,100 km²8,930 mi² | 15,500 km²5,970 mi² |
| Official area | 22,400 km²Wikidata | 15,300 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 24th of 36in India | 2nd of 47in Japan |
| Population | 3.0 millionWikidata, 2011 | 1.2 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 24th of 36in India | 32nd of 47in Japan |
| Density | 128 per km² | 78 per km² |
| Capital | Shillong | Morioka |
| Latitude range | 25°N to 26°N | 39°N to 40°N |
Population: Wikidata 2011 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 23,100 km² is 3.1% above Wikidata's official figure of 22,400 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Wikidata's official figure of 15,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 15,500 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