Nagaland is 1.52× the size of Gifu

Nagaland (state of India) covers about 16,300 km² (6,280 mi²) and Gifu (prefecture of Japan) about 10,700 km² (4,130 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

16,300km²Nagaland
10,700km²Gifu

50 km

Nagaland
Gifu

What fits

Gifu is 66% of the size of Nagaland.
Nagaland is larger by 5,590 km² (2,160 mi²), which is 52% of the area of Gifu.
Measured in Belgiums: Nagaland is about 0.53, Gifu about 0.35.

How they differ

Nagaland also has the larger population: 2.0 million against 2.0 million, 1.00× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 185 in Gifu against 122 in Nagaland: Gifu is 1.52× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 4,170 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Nagaland at 26°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Gifu at 36°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Nagaland as 1.24× the size of Gifu instead of 1.52×.
Together Nagaland and Gifu cover 27,000 km², close to the size of Haiti (26,900 km², 0.2% smaller).
The gap between them, 5,590 km², is about the size of Brunei (5,720 km²).
At Gifu's density, Nagaland would have 3.0 million people (it has 2.0 million). At Nagaland's density, Gifu would have 1.3 million (it has 2.0 million).
Gifu's centre is 9.7° of latitude, about 1,080 km, farther north than Nagaland's.
Nagaland is the 27th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 0.5% of its area; it is the 31st most densely populated of them.
Gifu is the 7th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.9% of its area; it is the 30th most densely populated of them.
Gifu lies about 10° of latitude (roughly 1,080 km) north of Nagaland.
Shared out evenly, each person in Nagaland would have about 8,220 m² and each person in Gifu about 5,410 m².
Laid side by side, Nagaland and Gifu would cover 27,000 km², about the same size as Haiti.
Together they have 4.0 million people, about as many people as Georgia.

Side by side

	Nagaland	Gifu
Is a	StateIndia	PrefectureJapan
Area, measured	16,300 km²6,280 mi²	10,700 km²4,130 mi²
Official area	16,600 km²Wikidata	10,600 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	27th of 36in India	7th of 47in Japan
Population	2.0 millionWikidata, 2011	2.0 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	26th of 36in India	17th of 47in Japan
Density	122 per km²	185 per km²
Capital	Kohima	Gifu
Latitude range	25°N to 27°N	35°N to 36°N

Population: Wikidata 2011 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 16,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 16,300 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 10,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 10,700 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, 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

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