Montenegro is 1.55× the size of Kagoshima
Montenegro (Europe) covers about 13,700 km² (5,300 mi²) and Kagoshima (prefecture of Japan) about 8,850 km² (3,420 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 13,700km²Montenegro
- 8,850km²Kagoshima
100 km
- Montenegro
- Kagoshima
What fits
- Kagoshima is 64% of the size of Montenegro.
- Montenegro is larger by 4,880 km² (1,880 mi²), which is 55% of the area of Kagoshima.
- Measured in Belgiums: Montenegro is about 0.45, Kagoshima about 0.29.
How they differ
- Montenegro is larger, but Kagoshima has the larger population: 1.6 million against 617,000, 2.57× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 179 in Kagoshima against 45 in Montenegro: Kagoshima is 3.99× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,220 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Montenegro at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Kagoshima at 31°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Montenegro as 2.11× the size of Kagoshima instead of 1.55×.
- Together Montenegro and Kagoshima cover 22,600 km², close to the size of Belize (22,300 km², 1.2% smaller).
- The gap between them, 4,880 km², is about the size of Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km²).
- At Kagoshima's density, Montenegro would have 2.5 million people (it has 617,000). At Montenegro's density, Kagoshima would have 398,000 (it has 1.6 million).
- Montenegro's centre is 11.8° of latitude, about 1,310 km, farther north than Kagoshima's.
- Montenegro ranks 161st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Kagoshima is the 10th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.4% of its area; it is the 32nd most densely populated of them.
- Montenegro lies about 12° of latitude (roughly 1,310 km) north of Kagoshima.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Montenegro would have about 22,240 m² and each person in Kagoshima about 5,580 m².
- Laid side by side, Montenegro and Kagoshima would cover 22,600 km², about the same size as Belize.
- Together they have 2.2 million people, 1.07× as many people as Slovenia.
- Counted as a country, Kagoshima would rank 170th by area and 154th by population.
Side by side
| Montenegro | Kagoshima | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryEurope | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 13,700 km²5,300 mi² | 8,850 km²3,420 mi² |
| Official area | 13,900 km²Wikidata | 9,130 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 160th of 239worldwide | 10th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 617,000Wikidata, 2022 | 1.6 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 167th of 237worldwide | 24th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 45 per km² | 179 per km² |
| Capital | Podgorica | Kagoshima |
| Latitude range | 42°N to 44°N | 27°N to 32°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 8,850 km² is 3.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 9,130 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