North Macedonia is 3.50× the size of Kumamoto
North Macedonia (Europe) covers about 25,400 km² (9,800 mi²) and Kumamoto (prefecture of Japan) about 7,250 km² (2,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 25,400km²North Macedonia
- 7,250km²Kumamoto
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- North Macedonia
- Kumamoto
What fits
- Kumamoto fits inside North Macedonia about 3.50 times by area.
- North Macedonia is larger by 18,100 km² (7,000 mi²), which is 250% of the area of Kumamoto.
- Measured in Belgiums: North Macedonia is about 0.83, Kumamoto about 0.24.
How they differ
- North Macedonia also has the larger population: 1.8 million against 1.7 million, 1.06× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 239 in Kumamoto against 72 in North Macedonia: Kumamoto is 3.30× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,040 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: North Macedonia at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Kumamoto at 33°N about 1.4×, so the map shows North Macedonia as 4.44× the size of Kumamoto instead of 3.50×.
- Together North Macedonia and Kumamoto cover 32,600 km², close to the size of Guinea-Bissau (32,800 km², 0.6% bigger).
- The gap between them, 18,100 km², is about the size of Kuwait (17,500 km²).
- At Kumamoto's density, North Macedonia would have 6.1 million people (it has 1.8 million). At North Macedonia's density, Kumamoto would have 525,000 (it has 1.7 million).
- North Macedonia's centre is 9.0° of latitude, about 1,000 km, farther north than Kumamoto's.
- North Macedonia ranks 149th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Kumamoto is the 16th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.9% of its area; it is the 25th most densely populated of them.
- North Macedonia lies about 9° of latitude (roughly 1,000 km) north of Kumamoto.
- Shared out evenly, each person in North Macedonia would have about 13,820 m² and each person in Kumamoto about 4,190 m².
- Laid side by side, North Macedonia and Kumamoto would cover 32,600 km², about the same size as Guinea-Bissau.
- Together they have 3.6 million people, about as many people as Eritrea.
- Counted as a country, Kumamoto would rank 170th by area and 153rd by population.
Side by side
| North Macedonia | Kumamoto | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryEurope | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 25,400 km²9,800 mi² | 7,250 km²2,800 mi² |
| Official area | 25,700 km²Wikidata | 7,400 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 148th of 239worldwide | 16th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 1.8 millionWikidata, 2021 | 1.7 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 152nd of 237worldwide | 23rd of 47in Japan |
| Density | 72 per km² | 239 per km² |
| Capital | Skopje | Kumamoto |
| Latitude range | 41°N to 42°N | 32°N to 33°N |
Population: Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 25,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 25,400 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 7,250 km² is 2.0% below Wikidata's official figure of 7,400 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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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