Nagano is 1.02× the size of Surat Thani

What fits

• Surat Thani is 98% of the size of Nagano.
• Nagano is larger by 249 km² (96.3 mi²), which is 1.9% of the area of Surat Thani.
• Measured in Belgiums: Nagano is about 0.45, Surat Thani about 0.44.

How they differ

• Nagano also has the larger population: 2.0 million against 1.1 million, 1.90× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 148 in Nagano against 79 in Surat Thani: Nagano is 1.86× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 4,950 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Nagano at 36°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Surat Thani at 9°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Nagano as 1.52× the size of Surat Thani instead of 1.02×.
• Together Nagano and Surat Thani cover 27,100 km², close to the size of Solomon Islands (27,200 km², 0.2% bigger).
• The gap between them, 249 km², is about the size of Saint Kitts and Nevis (264 km²).
• At Surat Thani's density, Nagano would have 1.1 million people (it has 2.0 million). At Nagano's density, Surat Thani would have 2.0 million (it has 1.1 million).
• Nagano's centre is 27.1° of latitude, about 3,010 km, farther north than Surat Thani'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.
• Surat Thani is the 7th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 2.6% of its area; it is the 61st most densely populated of them.
• Nagano lies about 27° of latitude (roughly 3,010 km) north of Surat Thani.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Nagano would have about 6,770 m² and each person in Surat Thani about 12,590 m².
• Laid side by side, Nagano and Surat Thani would cover 27,100 km², about the same size as the Solomon Islands.
• Together they have 3.1 million people, 1.06× as many people as Armenia.

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 13,400 km² is 4.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 12,900 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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