Saarland is 1.43× the size of Osaka
Saarland (state of Germany) covers about 2,650 km² (1,020 mi²) and Osaka (prefecture of Japan) about 1,860 km² (716 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 2,650km²Saarland
- 1,860km²Osaka
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- Saarland
- Osaka
What fits
- Osaka is 70% of the size of Saarland.
- Saarland is larger by 799 km² (309 mi²), which is 43% of the area of Osaka.
- Measured in Belgiums: Saarland is about 0.09, Osaka about 0.06.
How they differ
- Saarland is larger, but Osaka has the larger population: 8.8 million against 1.0 million, 8.77× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 4,758 in Osaka against 379 in Saarland: Osaka is 12.5× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,390 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Saarland at 49°N is drawn about 2.4× too large and Osaka at 35°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Saarland as 2.29× the size of Osaka instead of 1.43×.
- Together Saarland and Osaka cover 4,510 km², close to the size of Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km², 14% bigger).
- The gap between them, 799 km², is about the size of Dominica (730 km²).
- At Osaka's density, Saarland would have 12.6 million people (it has 1.0 million). At Saarland's density, Osaka would have 704,000 (it has 8.8 million).
- Saarland's centre is 14.8° of latitude, about 1,640 km, farther north than Osaka's.
- Saarland is the 13th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 0.7% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
- Osaka is the 46th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 0.5% of its area; it is the 2nd most densely populated of them.
- Saarland lies about 15° of latitude (roughly 1,640 km) north of Osaka.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Saarland would have about 2,640 m² and each person in Osaka about 210 m².
- Laid side by side, Saarland and Osaka would cover 4,510 km², 88% of the size of Trinidad and Tobago.
- Together they have 9.8 million people, about as many people as the United Arab Emirates.
- Osaka is drawn from 55 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
| Saarland | Osaka | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateGermany | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 2,650 km²1,020 mi² | 1,860 km²716 mi² |
| Official area | 2,570 km²Wikidata | 1,910 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 13th of 16in Germany | 46th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 1.0 millionWikidata, 2022 | 8.8 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 15th of 16in Germany | 3rd of 47in Japan |
| Density | 379 per km² | 4,758 per km² |
| Capital | Saarbrücken | Osaka |
| Latitude range | 49°N to 50°N | 34°N to 35°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 2,650 km² is 3.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 2,570 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Our measured 1,860 km² is 2.6% below Wikidata's official figure of 1,910 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
- 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