Mie is 1.09× the size of Cantabria
Mie (prefecture of Japan) covers about 5,820 km² (2,250 mi²) and Cantabria (autonomous community of Spain) about 5,350 km² (2,060 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 5,820km²Mie
- 5,350km²Cantabria
20 km
- Mie
- Cantabria
What fits
- Cantabria is 92% of the size of Mie.
- Mie is larger by 472 km² (182 mi²), which is 8.8% of the area of Cantabria.
- Measured in Belgiums: Mie is about 0.19, Cantabria about 0.17.
How they differ
- Mie also has the larger population: 1.8 million against 592,000, 2.99× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 304 in Mie against 111 in Cantabria: Mie is 2.75× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 10,500 km apart.
- On a standard web map Cantabria looks larger than Mie: Mie at 35°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Cantabria at 43°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Cantabria as 1.17× the size of Mie, when Mie is 1.09× the size of Cantabria.
- Together Mie and Cantabria cover 11,200 km², close to the size of Qatar (11,200 km², 0.2% smaller).
- The gap between them, 472 km², is about the size of Curaçao (463 km²).
- At Cantabria's density, Mie would have 644,000 people (it has 1.8 million). At Mie's density, Cantabria would have 1.6 million (it has 592,000).
- Cantabria's centre is 8.7° of latitude, about 970 km, farther north than Mie's.
- Mie is the 25th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.6% of its area; it is the 21st most densely populated of them.
- Cantabria is the 15th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
- Cantabria lies about 9° of latitude (roughly 967 km) north of Mie.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Mie would have about 3,290 m² and each person in Cantabria about 9,040 m².
- Laid side by side, Mie and Cantabria would cover 11,200 km², about the same size as Qatar.
- Together they have 2.4 million people, about as many people as Moldova.
Side by side
| Mie | Cantabria | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | PrefectureJapan | Autonomous communitySpain |
| Area, measured | 5,820 km²2,250 mi² | 5,350 km²2,060 mi² |
| Official area | 5,780 km²Wikidata | 5,320 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 25th of 47in Japan | 15th of 19in Spain |
| Population | 1.8 millionWikidata, 2020 | 592,000Wikidata, 2024 |
| Rank by population | 22nd of 47in Japan | 16th of 19in Spain |
| Density | 304 per km² | 111 per km² |
| Capital | Tsu | Santander |
| Latitude range | 34°N to 35°N | 43°N to 44°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2024. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 5,780 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,820 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 5,320 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,350 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