Nagaland is 1.05× the size of Iwate

Nagaland (state of India) covers about 16,300 km² (6,280 mi²) and Iwate (prefecture of Japan) about 15,500 km² (5,970 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

16,300km²Nagaland
15,500km²Iwate

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Nagaland
Iwate

What fits

Iwate is 95% of the size of Nagaland.
Nagaland is larger by 798 km² (308 mi²), which is 5.2% of the area of Iwate.
Measured in Belgiums: Nagaland is about 0.53, Iwate about 0.50.

How they differ

Nagaland also has the larger population: 2.0 million against 1.2 million, 1.64× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 122 in Nagaland against 78 in Iwate: Nagaland is 1.56× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 4,580 km apart.
On a standard web map Iwate looks larger than Nagaland: Nagaland at 26°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Iwate at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Iwate as 1.29× the size of Nagaland, when Nagaland is 1.05× the size of Iwate.
Together Nagaland and Iwate cover 31,700 km², close to the size of Guinea-Bissau (32,800 km², 3.4% bigger).
The gap between them, 798 km², is about the size of Dominica (730 km²).
At Iwate's density, Nagaland would have 1.3 million people (it has 2.0 million). At Nagaland's density, Iwate would have 1.9 million (it has 1.2 million).
Iwate's centre is 13.5° of latitude, about 1,500 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.
Iwate is the 2nd largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 4.1% of its area; it is the 46th most densely populated of them.
Iwate lies about 14° of latitude (roughly 1,500 km) north of Nagaland.
Shared out evenly, each person in Nagaland would have about 8,220 m² and each person in Iwate about 12,830 m².
Laid side by side, Nagaland and Iwate would cover 31,700 km², 97% of the size of Guinea-Bissau.
Together they have 3.2 million people, 93% as many people as Mongolia.

Side by side

	Nagaland	Iwate
Is a	StateIndia	PrefectureJapan
Area, measured	16,300 km²6,280 mi²	15,500 km²5,970 mi²
Official area	16,600 km²Wikidata	15,300 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	27th of 36in India	2nd of 47in Japan
Population	2.0 millionWikidata, 2011	1.2 millionWikidata, 2021
Rank by population	26th of 36in India	32nd of 47in Japan
Density	122 per km²	78 per km²
Capital	Kohima	Morioka
Latitude range	25°N to 27°N	39°N to 40°N

Population: Wikidata 2011 and Wikidata 2021. 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 15,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 15,500 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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