Montenegro is 1.89× the size of Kumamoto
Montenegro (Europe) covers about 13,700 km² (5,300 mi²) and Kumamoto (prefecture of Japan) about 7,250 km² (2,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 13,700km²Montenegro
- 7,250km²Kumamoto
50 km
- Montenegro
- Kumamoto
What fits
- Kumamoto is 53% of the size of Montenegro.
- Montenegro is larger by 6,470 km² (2,500 mi²), which is 89% of the area of Kumamoto.
- Measured in Belgiums: Montenegro is about 0.45, Kumamoto about 0.24.
How they differ
- Montenegro is larger, but Kumamoto has the larger population: 1.7 million against 617,000, 2.81× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 239 in Kumamoto against 45 in Montenegro: Kumamoto is 5.31× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,120 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Montenegro at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Kumamoto at 33°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Montenegro as 2.49× the size of Kumamoto instead of 1.89×.
- Together Montenegro and Kumamoto cover 21,000 km², close to the size of El Salvador (20,500 km², 2.1% smaller).
- The gap between them, 6,470 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
- At Kumamoto's density, Montenegro would have 3.3 million people (it has 617,000). At Montenegro's density, Kumamoto would have 326,000 (it has 1.7 million).
- Montenegro's centre is 10.2° of latitude, about 1,130 km, farther north than Kumamoto's.
- Montenegro ranks 161st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Kumamoto is the 16th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.9% of its area; it is the 25th most densely populated of them.
- Montenegro lies about 10° of latitude (roughly 1,130 km) north of Kumamoto.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Montenegro would have about 22,240 m² and each person in Kumamoto about 4,190 m².
- Laid side by side, Montenegro and Kumamoto would cover 21,000 km², about the same size as El Salvador.
- Together they have 2.3 million people, about as many people as Moldova.
- Counted as a country, Kumamoto would rank 170th by area and 153rd by population.
Side by side
| Montenegro | Kumamoto | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryEurope | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 13,700 km²5,300 mi² | 7,250 km²2,800 mi² |
| Official area | 13,900 km²Wikidata | 7,400 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 160th of 239worldwide | 16th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 617,000Wikidata, 2022 | 1.7 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 167th of 237worldwide | 23rd of 47in Japan |
| Density | 45 per km² | 239 per km² |
| Capital | Podgorica | Kumamoto |
| Latitude range | 42°N to 44°N | 32°N to 33°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 7,250 km² is 2.0% below Wikidata's official figure of 7,400 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