Montenegro is 1.65× the size of Hiroshima
Montenegro (Europe) covers about 13,700 km² (5,300 mi²) and Hiroshima (prefecture of Japan) about 8,300 km² (3,210 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 13,700km²Montenegro
- 8,300km²Hiroshima
50 km
- Montenegro
- Hiroshima
What fits
- Hiroshima is 60% of the size of Montenegro.
- Montenegro is larger by 5,430 km² (2,090 mi²), which is 65% of the area of Hiroshima.
- Measured in Belgiums: Montenegro is about 0.45, Hiroshima about 0.27.
How they differ
- Montenegro is larger, but Hiroshima has the larger population: 2.8 million against 617,000, 4.52× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 336 in Hiroshima against 45 in Montenegro: Hiroshima is 7.48× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,080 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Montenegro at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Hiroshima at 35°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Montenegro as 2.08× the size of Hiroshima instead of 1.65×.
- Together Montenegro and Hiroshima cover 22,000 km², close to the size of Israel (22,100 km², 0.3% bigger).
- The gap between them, 5,430 km², is about the size of Cyprus (5,400 km²).
- At Hiroshima's density, Montenegro would have 4.6 million people (it has 617,000). At Montenegro's density, Hiroshima would have 373,000 (it has 2.8 million).
- Montenegro's centre is 8.2° of latitude, about 910 km, farther north than Hiroshima's.
- Montenegro ranks 161st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Hiroshima is the 12th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.2% of its area; it is the 16th most densely populated of them.
- Montenegro lies about 8° of latitude (roughly 910 km) north of Hiroshima.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Montenegro would have about 22,240 m² and each person in Hiroshima about 2,970 m².
- Laid side by side, Montenegro and Hiroshima would cover 22,000 km², about the same size as Djibouti.
- Together they have 3.4 million people, about as many people as Mongolia.
- Counted as a country, Hiroshima would rank 170th by area and 140th by population.
Side by side
| Montenegro | Hiroshima | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryEurope | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 13,700 km²5,300 mi² | 8,300 km²3,210 mi² |
| Official area | 13,900 km²Wikidata | 8,480 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 160th of 239worldwide | 12th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 617,000Wikidata, 2022 | 2.8 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 167th of 237worldwide | 12th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 45 per km² | 336 per km² |
| Capital | Podgorica | Hiroshima |
| Latitude range | 42°N to 44°N | 34°N to 35°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 13,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 13,700 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 8,300 km² is 2.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 8,480 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