Netherlands is 17.0× the size of Tokyo
Netherlands (Europe) covers about 37,100 km² (14,300 mi²) and Tokyo (metropolis of Japan) about 2,180 km² (843 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 37,100km²Netherlands
- 2,180km²Tokyo
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- Netherlands
- Tokyo
What fits
- Tokyo fits inside Netherlands about 17.0 times by area.
- Netherlands is larger by 34,900 km² (13,500 mi²), which is 1,599% of the area of Tokyo.
- Measured in Belgiums: Netherlands is about 1.21, Tokyo about 0.07.
How they differ
- Netherlands also has the larger population: 17.9 million against 14.3 million, 1.26× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 6,534 in Tokyo against 480 in Netherlands: Tokyo is 13.6× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,330 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Netherlands at 52°N is drawn about 2.7× too large and Tokyo at 35°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Netherlands as 30.4× the size of Tokyo instead of 17.0×.
- Together Netherlands and Tokyo cover 39,300 km², close to the size of Bhutan (40,400 km², 2.9% bigger).
- The gap between them, 34,900 km², is about the size of Taiwan (36,200 km²).
- At Tokyo's density, Netherlands would have 244.3 million people (it has 17.9 million). At Netherlands's density, Tokyo would have 1.0 million (it has 14.3 million).
- Netherlands's centre is 17.2° of latitude, about 1,920 km, farther north than Tokyo's.
- Netherlands ranks 137th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Tokyo is the 44th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 0.6% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
- Netherlands lies about 17° of latitude (roughly 1,920 km) north of Tokyo.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Netherlands would have about 2,080 m² and each person in Tokyo about 150 m².
- Laid side by side, Netherlands and Tokyo would cover 39,300 km², about the same size as Bhutan.
- Together they have 32.2 million people, about as many people as Madagascar.
- Tokyo is drawn from 173 points: at a size under 2,500 km² the outline is a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.
- Counted as a country, Tokyo would rank 181st by area and 76th by population.
Side by side
| Netherlands | Tokyo | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryEurope | MetropolisJapan |
| Area, measured | 37,100 km²14,300 mi² | 2,180 km²843 mi² |
| Official area | 37,400 km²Wikidata | 2,190 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 136th of 239worldwide | 44th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 17.9 millionWikidata, 2024 | 14.3 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 67th of 237worldwide | 1st of 47in Japan |
| Density | 480 per km² | 6,534 per km² |
| Capital | Amsterdam | Shinjuku; Tokyo |
| Latitude range | 51°N to 54°N | 24°N to 36°N |
Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 37,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 37,400 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 2,190 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,180 km², to within 2%.
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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