Mizoram is 1.37× the size of Iwate

Mizoram (state of India) covers about 21,200 km² (8,200 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.

21,200km²Mizoram
15,500km²Iwate

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Mizoram
Iwate

What fits

Iwate is 73% of the size of Mizoram.
Mizoram is larger by 5,770 km² (2,230 mi²), which is 37% of the area of Iwate.
Measured in Belgiums: Mizoram is about 0.69, Iwate about 0.50.

How they differ

Mizoram is larger, but Iwate has the larger population: 1.2 million against 1.1 million, 1.10× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 78 in Iwate against 52 in Mizoram: Iwate is 1.51× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 4,880 km apart.
On a standard web map Iwate looks larger than Mizoram: Mizoram at 23°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Iwate at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Iwate as 1.03× the size of Mizoram, when Mizoram is 1.37× the size of Iwate.
Together Mizoram and Iwate cover 36,700 km², close to the size of Netherlands (37,100 km², 1.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 5,770 km², is about the size of Brunei (5,720 km²).
At Iwate's density, Mizoram would have 1.7 million people (it has 1.1 million). At Mizoram's density, Iwate would have 799,000 (it has 1.2 million).
Iwate's centre is 16.3° of latitude, about 1,810 km, farther north than Mizoram's.
Mizoram is the 26th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 0.7% of its area; it is the 33rd 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 16° of latitude (roughly 1,810 km) north of Mizoram.
Shared out evenly, each person in Mizoram would have about 19,360 m² and each person in Iwate about 12,830 m².
Laid side by side, Mizoram and Iwate would cover 36,700 km², about the same size as the Netherlands.
Together they have 2.3 million people, 96% as many people as Moldova.

Side by side

	Mizoram	Iwate
Is a	StateIndia	PrefectureJapan
Area, measured	21,200 km²8,200 mi²	15,500 km²5,970 mi²
Official area	21,100 km²Wikidata	15,300 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	26th of 36in India	2nd of 47in Japan
Population	1.1 millionWikidata, 2011	1.2 millionWikidata, 2021
Rank by population	30th of 36in India	32nd of 47in Japan
Density	52 per km²	78 per km²
Capital	Aizawl	Morioka
Latitude range	22°N to 24°N	39°N to 40°N

Population: Wikidata 2011 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 21,100 km² agrees with our measured area of 21,200 km², to within 2%.
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

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