Nagano is 1.01× the size of Mae Hong Son

What fits

• Mae Hong Son is 99% of the size of Nagano.
• Nagano is larger by 104 km² (40.0 mi²), which is 0.8% of the area of Mae Hong Son.
• Measured in Belgiums: Nagano is about 0.45, Mae Hong Son about 0.44.

How they differ

• Nagano also has the larger population: 2.0 million against 285,000, 7.11× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 148 in Nagano against 21 in Mae Hong Son: Nagano is 7.06× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 4,350 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Nagano at 36°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Mae Hong Son at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Nagano as 1.38× the size of Mae Hong Son instead of 1.01×.
• Together Nagano and Mae Hong Son cover 27,300 km², close to the size of Solomon Islands (27,200 km², 0.3% smaller).
• At Mae Hong Son's density, Nagano would have 287,000 people (it has 2.0 million). At Nagano's density, Mae Hong Son would have 2.0 million (it has 285,000).
• Nagano's centre is 17.4° of latitude, about 1,930 km, farther north than Mae Hong Son's.
• Nagano is the 4th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 3.7% of its area; it is the 38th most densely populated of them.
• Mae Hong Son is the 6th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 2.6% of its area; it is the 77th most densely populated of them.
• Nagano lies about 17° of latitude (roughly 1,930 km) north of Mae Hong Son.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Nagano would have about 6,770 m² and each person in Mae Hong Son about 47,770 m².
• Laid side by side, Nagano and Mae Hong Son would cover 27,300 km², about the same size as the Solomon Islands.
• Together they have 2.3 million people, 96% as many people as Moldova.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 13,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 13,700 km², to within 2%.
• Our measured 13,600 km² is 7.2% above Wikidata's official figure of 12,700 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

More from the same country

• All 47 prefectures of Japanmatched to countries
• All 77 provinces of Thailandmatched to countries

More comparisons

• Montenegro vs Nagano
• Nagano vs Bahamas
• Belgium vs Nagano
• Gabon vs Nagano
• Beijing vs Nagano
• Sergipe vs Nagano
• Nagano vs Connecticut
• Nagaland vs Nagano
• French Guiana vs Mae Hong Son
• Fukushima vs Mae Hong Son
• Montenegro vs Mae Hong Son
• Mae Hong Son vs Bahamas