Montenegro is 1.10× the size of Niigata
Montenegro (Europe) covers about 13,700 km² (5,300 mi²) and Niigata (prefecture of Japan) about 12,500 km² (4,810 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 13,700km²Montenegro
- 12,500km²Niigata
50 km
- Montenegro
- Niigata
What fits
- Niigata is 91% of the size of Montenegro.
- Montenegro is larger by 1,270 km² (492 mi²), which is 10% of the area of Niigata.
- Measured in Belgiums: Montenegro is about 0.45, Niigata about 0.41.
How they differ
- Montenegro is larger, but Niigata has the larger population: 2.2 million against 617,000, 3.55× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 176 in Niigata against 45 in Montenegro: Niigata is 3.92× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,210 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Montenegro at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Niigata at 38°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Montenegro as 1.29× the size of Niigata instead of 1.10×.
- Together Montenegro and Niigata cover 26,200 km², close to the size of Equatorial Guinea (26,700 km², 1.9% bigger).
- The gap between them, 1,270 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
- At Niigata's density, Montenegro would have 2.4 million people (it has 617,000). At Montenegro's density, Niigata would have 560,000 (it has 2.2 million).
- Montenegro's centre is 5.3° of latitude, about 590 km, farther north than Niigata's.
- Montenegro ranks 161st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Niigata is the 5th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 3.3% of its area; it is the 34th most densely populated of them.
- Montenegro lies about 5° of latitude (roughly 586 km) north of Niigata.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Montenegro would have about 22,240 m² and each person in Niigata about 5,680 m².
- Laid side by side, Montenegro and Niigata would cover 26,200 km², about the same size as Equatorial Guinea.
- Together they have 2.8 million people, about as many people as Albania.
- Counted as a country, Niigata would rank 162nd by area and 146th by population.
Side by side
| Montenegro | Niigata | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryEurope | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 13,700 km²5,300 mi² | 12,500 km²4,810 mi² |
| Official area | 13,900 km²Wikidata | 12,600 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 160th of 239worldwide | 5th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 617,000Wikidata, 2022 | 2.2 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 167th of 237worldwide | 15th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 45 per km² | 176 per km² |
| Capital | Podgorica | Niigata |
| Latitude range | 42°N to 44°N | 37°N to 39°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%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 12,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 12,500 km², to within 2%.
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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