Montenegro is 2.00× the size of Shimane
Montenegro (Europe) covers about 13,700 km² (5,300 mi²) and Shimane (prefecture of Japan) about 6,880 km² (2,660 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 13,700km²Montenegro
- 6,880km²Shimane
50 km
- Montenegro
- Shimane
What fits
- Shimane is 50% of the size of Montenegro.
- Montenegro is larger by 6,850 km² (2,640 mi²), which is 100% of the area of Shimane.
- Measured in Belgiums: Montenegro is about 0.45, Shimane about 0.22.
How they differ
- Montenegro is larger, but Shimane has the larger population: 665,000 against 617,000, 1.08× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 97 in Shimane against 45 in Montenegro: Shimane is 2.15× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,030 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Montenegro at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Shimane at 35°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Montenegro as 2.48× the size of Shimane instead of 2.00×.
- Together Montenegro and Shimane cover 20,600 km², close to the size of El Salvador (20,500 km², 0.3% smaller).
- The gap between them, 6,850 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
- At Shimane's density, Montenegro would have 1.3 million people (it has 617,000). At Montenegro's density, Shimane would have 309,000 (it has 665,000).
- Montenegro's centre is 7.7° of latitude, about 860 km, farther north than Shimane's.
- Montenegro ranks 161st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Shimane is the 19th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.8% of its area; it is the 44th most densely populated of them.
- Montenegro lies about 8° of latitude (roughly 858 km) north of Shimane.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Montenegro would have about 22,240 m² and each person in Shimane about 10,350 m².
- Laid side by side, Montenegro and Shimane would cover 20,600 km², about the same size as El Salvador.
- Together they have 1.3 million people, about as many people as Mauritius.
- Counted as a country, Shimane would rank 171st by area and 167th by population.
Side by side
| Montenegro | Shimane | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryEurope | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 13,700 km²5,300 mi² | 6,880 km²2,660 mi² |
| Official area | 13,900 km²Wikidata | 6,710 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 160th of 239worldwide | 19th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 617,000Wikidata, 2022 | 665,000Wikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 167th of 237worldwide | 46th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 45 per km² | 97 per km² |
| Capital | Podgorica | Matsue |
| Latitude range | 42°N to 44°N | 34°N to 36°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 6,880 km² is 2.5% above Wikidata's official figure of 6,710 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