New Hampshire is 1.57× the size of Iwate
New Hampshire (state of the United States) covers about 24,300 km² (9,370 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.
- 24,300km²New Hampshire
- 15,500km²Iwate
50 km
- New Hampshire
- Iwate
What fits
- Iwate is 64% of the size of New Hampshire.
- New Hampshire is larger by 8,790 km² (3,390 mi²), which is 57% of the area of Iwate.
- Measured in Belgiums: New Hampshire is about 0.79, Iwate about 0.50.
How they differ
- New Hampshire also has the larger population: 1.4 million against 1.2 million, 1.14× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 78 in Iwate against 57 in New Hampshire: Iwate is 1.37× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 10,200 km apart.
- Together New Hampshire and Iwate cover 39,700 km², close to the size of Bhutan (40,400 km², 1.7% bigger).
- The gap between them, 8,790 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
- At Iwate's density, New Hampshire would have 1.9 million people (it has 1.4 million). At New Hampshire's density, Iwate would have 878,000 (it has 1.2 million).
- New Hampshire's centre is 4.1° of latitude, about 450 km, farther north than Iwate's.
- New Hampshire is the 44th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 21st 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.
- New Hampshire lies about 4° of latitude (roughly 455 km) north of Iwate.
- Shared out evenly, each person in New Hampshire would have about 17,620 m² and each person in Iwate about 12,830 m².
- Laid side by side, New Hampshire and Iwate would cover 39,700 km², about the same size as Bhutan.
- Together they have 2.6 million people, about as many people as Namibia.
Side by side
| New Hampshire | Iwate | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateUnited States | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 24,300 km²9,370 mi² | 15,500 km²5,970 mi² |
| Official area | 24,200 km²Wikidata | 15,300 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 44th of 51in the United States | 2nd of 47in Japan |
| Population | 1.4 millionWikidata, 2020 | 1.2 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 41st of 51in the United States | 32nd of 47in Japan |
| Density | 57 per km² | 78 per km² |
| Capital | Concord | Morioka |
| Latitude range | 43°N to 45°N | 39°N to 40°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 24,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 24,300 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