Saarland is 1.08× the size of Saga
Saarland (state of Germany) covers about 2,650 km² (1,020 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.
- 2,650km²Saarland
- 2,450km²Saga
20 km
- Saarland
- Saga
What fits
- Saga is 92% of the size of Saarland.
- Saarland is larger by 207 km² (79.9 mi²), which is 8.5% of the area of Saga.
- Measured in Belgiums: Saarland is about 0.09, Saga about 0.08.
How they differ
- Saarland also has the larger population: 1.0 million against 810,000, 1.24× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 379 in Saarland against 331 in Saga: Saarland is 1.15× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,250 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Saarland at 49°N is drawn about 2.4× too large and Saga at 33°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Saarland as 1.79× the size of Saga instead of 1.08×.
- Together Saarland and Saga cover 5,100 km², close to the size of Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km², 0.4% bigger).
- The gap between them, 207 km², is about the size of Aruba (170 km²).
- At Saga's density, Saarland would have 878,000 people (it has 1.0 million). At Saarland's density, Saga would have 928,000 (it has 810,000).
- Saarland's centre is 16.1° of latitude, about 1,790 km, farther north than Saga'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.
- 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.
- Saarland lies about 16° of latitude (roughly 1,790 km) north of Saga.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Saarland would have about 2,640 m² and each person in Saga about 3,020 m².
- Laid side by side, Saarland and Saga would cover 5,100 km², about the same size as Trinidad and Tobago.
- Together they have 1.8 million people, about as many people as North Macedonia.
- 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
| Saarland | Saga | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateGermany | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 2,650 km²1,020 mi² | 2,450 km²945 mi² |
| Official area | 2,570 km²Wikidata | 2,440 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 13th of 16in Germany | 42nd of 47in Japan |
| Population | 1.0 millionWikidata, 2022 | 810,000Wikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 15th of 16in Germany | 41st of 47in Japan |
| Density | 379 per km² | 331 per km² |
| Capital | Saarbrücken | Saga |
| Latitude range | 49°N to 50°N | 33°N to 34°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.
- 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