Newfoundland and Labrador is 1.08× the size of Japan

What fits

• Japan is 93% of the size of Newfoundland and Labrador.
• Newfoundland and Labrador is larger by 29,800 km² (11,500 mi²), which is 8.0% of the area of Japan.
• Measured in Belgiums: Newfoundland and Labrador is about 13.2, Japan about 12.2.

How they differ

• Newfoundland and Labrador is larger, but Japan has the larger population: 123.8 million against 511,000, 242× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 331 in Japan against 1.3 in Newfoundland and Labrador: Japan is 262× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 9,840 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Newfoundland and Labrador at 53°N is drawn about 2.7× too large and Japan at 37°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Newfoundland and Labrador as 1.86× the size of Japan instead of 1.08×.
• Together Newfoundland and Labrador and Japan cover 777,000 km², close to the size of Turkey (780,000 km², 0.4% bigger).
• The gap between them, 29,800 km², is about the size of Armenia (29,600 km²).
• At Japan's density, Newfoundland and Labrador would have 133.7 million people (it has 511,000). At Newfoundland and Labrador's density, Japan would have 473,000 (it has 123.8 million).
• Newfoundland and Labrador's centre is 15.3° of latitude, about 1,700 km, farther north than Japan's.
• Newfoundland and Labrador is the 10th largest of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and covers 4.1% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
• Japan ranks 64th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Newfoundland and Labrador lies about 15° of latitude (roughly 1,700 km) north of Japan.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Newfoundland and Labrador would have about 789,980 m² and each person in Japan about 3,020 m².
• Laid side by side, Newfoundland and Labrador and Japan would cover 777,000 km², about the same size as Turkey.
• Together they have 124.3 million people, 97% as many people as Ethiopia.
• Counted as a country, Newfoundland and Labrador would rank 60th by area and 173rd by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2024. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 405,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 403,000 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 378,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 374,000 km², to within 2%.

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