New Zealand is 32.0× the size of Hyogo
New Zealand (Oceania) covers about 268,000 km² (104,000 mi²) and Hyogo (prefecture of Japan) about 8,380 km² (3,240 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 268,000km²New Zealand
- 8,380km²Hyogo
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- New Zealand
- Hyogo
What fits
- Hyogo fits inside New Zealand about 32.0 times by area.
- New Zealand is larger by 260,000 km² (100,000 mi²), which is 3,103% of the area of Hyogo.
- Measured in Belgiums: New Zealand is about 8.75, Hyogo about 0.27.
How they differ
- New Zealand is larger, but Hyogo has the larger population: 5.5 million against 5.3 million, 1.03× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 651 in Hyogo against 20 in New Zealand: Hyogo is 32.9× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,380 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: New Zealand at 42°S is drawn about 1.8× too large and Hyogo at 35°N about 1.5×, so the map shows New Zealand as 38.5× the size of Hyogo instead of 32.0×.
- Together New Zealand and Hyogo cover 277,000 km², close to the size of Burkina Faso (273,000 km², 1.5% smaller).
- The gap between them, 260,000 km², is about the size of Gabon (260,000 km²).
- At Hyogo's density, New Zealand would have 174.7 million people (it has 5.3 million). At New Zealand's density, Hyogo would have 166,000 (it has 5.5 million).
- Hyogo's centre is 76.8° of latitude, about 8,540 km, farther north than New Zealand's.
- New Zealand ranks 76th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Hyogo is the 11th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.2% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
- Hyogo lies about 77° of latitude (roughly 8,540 km) north of New Zealand, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in New Zealand would have about 50,590 m² and each person in Hyogo about 1,540 m².
- Laid side by side, New Zealand and Hyogo would cover 277,000 km², about the same size as Burkina Faso.
- Together they have 10.8 million people, about as many people as Dominican Republic.
- Counted as a country, Hyogo would rank 170th by area and 118th by population.
Side by side
| New Zealand | Hyogo | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryOceania | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 268,000 km²104,000 mi² | 8,380 km²3,240 mi² |
| Official area | 268,000 km²Wikidata | 8,400 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 75th of 239worldwide | 11th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 5.3 millionWikidata, 2024 | 5.5 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 119th of 237worldwide | 7th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 20 per km² | 651 per km² |
| Capital | Wellington | Kobe |
| Latitude range | 53°S to 29°S | 34°N to 36°N |
Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 268,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 269,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 8,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 8,380 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