Moldova is 4.43× the size of Miyagi
Moldova (Europe) covers about 33,200 km² (12,800 mi²) and Miyagi (prefecture of Japan) about 7,500 km² (2,900 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 33,200km²Moldova
- 7,500km²Miyagi
50 km
- Moldova
- Miyagi
What fits
- Miyagi fits inside Moldova about 4.43 times by area.
- Moldova is larger by 25,700 km² (9,920 mi²), which is 343% of the area of Miyagi.
- Measured in Belgiums: Moldova is about 1.08, Miyagi about 0.24.
How they differ
- Moldova also has the larger population: 2.4 million against 2.3 million, 1.05× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 305 in Miyagi against 73 in Moldova: Miyagi is 4.20× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,380 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Moldova at 47°N is drawn about 2.2× too large and Miyagi at 38°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Moldova as 5.88× the size of Miyagi instead of 4.43×.
- Together Moldova and Miyagi cover 40,700 km², close to the size of Bhutan (40,400 km², 0.7% smaller).
- The gap between them, 25,700 km², is about the size of North Macedonia (25,400 km²).
- At Miyagi's density, Moldova would have 10.1 million people (it has 2.4 million). At Moldova's density, Miyagi would have 544,000 (it has 2.3 million).
- Moldova's centre is 8.7° of latitude, about 970 km, farther north than Miyagi's.
- Moldova ranks 139th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Miyagi is the 15th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.0% of its area; it is the 20th most densely populated of them.
- Moldova lies about 9° of latitude (roughly 973 km) north of Miyagi.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Moldova would have about 13,780 m² and each person in Miyagi about 3,280 m².
- Laid side by side, Moldova and Miyagi would cover 40,700 km², about the same size as Bhutan.
- Together they have 4.7 million people, about as many people as Mauritania.
- Counted as a country, Miyagi would rank 170th by area and 146th by population.
Side by side
| Moldova | Miyagi | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryEurope | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 33,200 km²12,800 mi² | 7,500 km²2,900 mi² |
| Official area | 33,800 km²Wikidata | 7,280 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 138th of 239worldwide | 15th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 2.4 millionWikidata, 2024 | 2.3 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 145th of 237worldwide | 14th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 73 per km² | 305 per km² |
| Capital | Chișinău | Sendai |
| Latitude range | 45°N to 48°N | 38°N to 39°N |
Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 33,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 33,200 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 7,500 km² is 3.0% above Wikidata's official figure of 7,280 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