Niigata is 1.01× the size of Vanuatu
Niigata (prefecture of Japan) covers about 12,500 km² (4,810 mi²) and Vanuatu (Oceania) about 12,300 km² (4,750 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 12,500km²Niigata
- 12,300km²Vanuatu
100 km
- Niigata
- Vanuatu
What fits
- Vanuatu is 99% of the size of Niigata.
- Niigata is larger by 156 km² (60.4 mi²), which is 1.3% of the area of Vanuatu.
- Measured in Belgiums: Niigata is about 0.41, Vanuatu about 0.40.
How they differ
- Niigata also has the larger population: 2.2 million against 300,000, 7.31× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 176 in Niigata against 24 in Vanuatu: Niigata is 7.22× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 6,690 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Niigata at 38°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Vanuatu at 16°S about 1.1×, so the map shows Niigata as 1.48× the size of Vanuatu instead of 1.01×.
- Together Niigata and Vanuatu cover 24,700 km², close to the size of Rwanda (25,300 km², 2.2% bigger).
- The gap between them, 156 km², is about the size of Marshall Islands (165 km²).
- At Vanuatu's density, Niigata would have 304,000 people (it has 2.2 million). At Niigata's density, Vanuatu would have 2.2 million (it has 300,000).
- Niigata's centre is 53.7° of latitude, about 5,970 km, farther north than Vanuatu's.
- Niigata is the 5th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 3.3% of its area; it is the 34th most densely populated of them.
- Vanuatu ranks 163rd of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Niigata lies about 54° of latitude (roughly 5,970 km) north of Vanuatu, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Niigata would have about 5,680 m² and each person in Vanuatu about 40,990 m².
- Laid side by side, Niigata and Vanuatu would cover 24,700 km², about the same size as Rwanda.
- Together they have 2.5 million people, about as many people as Botswana.
- Counted as a country, Niigata would rank 162nd by area and 146th by population.
Side by side
| Niigata | Vanuatu | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | PrefectureJapan | CountryOceania |
| Area, measured | 12,500 km²4,810 mi² | 12,300 km²4,750 mi² |
| Official area | 12,600 km²Wikidata | 12,200 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 5th of 47in Japan | 162nd of 239worldwide |
| Population | 2.2 millionWikidata, 2021 | 300,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 15th of 47in Japan | 179th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 176 per km² | 24 per km² |
| Capital | Niigata | Port Vila |
| Latitude range | 37°N to 39°N | 20°S to 13°S |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 12,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 12,500 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 12,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 12,300 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