Rhode Island is 1.16× the size of Saga
Rhode Island (state of the United States) covers about 2,830 km² (1,090 mi²) and Saga (prefecture of Japan) about 2,450 km² (945 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 2,830km²Rhode Island
- 2,450km²Saga
20 km
- Rhode Island
- Saga
What fits
- Saga is 86% of the size of Rhode Island.
- Rhode Island is larger by 385 km² (149 mi²), which is 16% of the area of Saga.
- Measured in Belgiums: Rhode Island is about 0.09, Saga about 0.08.
How they differ
- Rhode Island also has the larger population: 1.1 million against 810,000, 1.36× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 387 in Rhode Island against 331 in Saga: Rhode Island is 1.17× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 11,400 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Rhode Island at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Saga at 33°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Rhode Island as 1.45× the size of Saga instead of 1.16×.
- Together Rhode Island and Saga cover 5,280 km², close to the size of Cyprus (5,400 km², 2.2% bigger).
- The gap between them, 385 km², is about the size of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (368 km²).
- At Saga's density, Rhode Island would have 937,000 people (it has 1.1 million). At Rhode Island's density, Saga would have 948,000 (it has 810,000).
- Rhode Island's centre is 8.4° of latitude, about 930 km, farther north than Saga's.
- Rhode Island is the 50th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the 3rd most densely populated of them.
- Saga is the 42nd largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 0.7% of its area; it is the 17th most densely populated of them.
- Rhode Island lies about 8° of latitude (roughly 934 km) north of Saga.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Rhode Island would have about 2,580 m² and each person in Saga about 3,020 m².
- Laid side by side, Rhode Island and Saga would cover 5,280 km², about the same size as Cyprus.
- Together they have 1.9 million people, about as many people as Guinea-Bissau.
- Saga is drawn from 74 points: at a size under 2,500 km² the outline is a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.
Side by side
| Rhode Island | Saga | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateUnited States | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 2,830 km²1,090 mi² | 2,450 km²945 mi² |
| Official area | 3,140 km²Wikidata | 2,440 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 50th of 51in the United States | 42nd of 47in Japan |
| Population | 1.1 millionWikidata, 2020 | 810,000Wikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 43rd of 51in the United States | 41st of 47in Japan |
| Density | 387 per km² | 331 per km² |
| Capital | Providence | Saga |
| Latitude range | 41°N to 42°N | 33°N to 34°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 2,830 km² is 9.9% below Wikidata's official figure of 3,140 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
- Wikidata's official figure of 2,440 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,450 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