Saarland is 1.22× the size of Tokyo
Saarland (state of Germany) covers about 2,650 km² (1,020 mi²) and Tokyo (metropolis of Japan) about 2,180 km² (843 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 2,650km²Saarland
- 2,180km²Tokyo
500 km
- Saarland
- Tokyo
What fits
- Tokyo is 82% of the size of Saarland.
- Saarland is larger by 471 km² (182 mi²), which is 22% of the area of Tokyo.
- Measured in Belgiums: Saarland is about 0.09, Tokyo about 0.07.
How they differ
- Saarland is larger, but Tokyo has the larger population: 14.3 million against 1.0 million, 14.2× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 6,534 in Tokyo against 379 in Saarland: Tokyo is 17.2× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,530 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Saarland at 49°N is drawn about 2.4× too large and Tokyo at 35°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Saarland as 1.92× the size of Tokyo instead of 1.22×.
- Together Saarland and Tokyo cover 4,840 km², close to the size of Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km², 5.9% bigger).
- The gap between them, 471 km², is about the size of Curaçao (463 km²).
- At Tokyo's density, Saarland would have 17.3 million people (it has 1.0 million). At Saarland's density, Tokyo would have 828,000 (it has 14.3 million).
- Saarland's centre is 14.4° of latitude, about 1,600 km, farther north than Tokyo'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.
- Tokyo is the 44th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 0.6% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
- Saarland lies about 14° of latitude (roughly 1,600 km) north of Tokyo.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Saarland would have about 2,640 m² and each person in Tokyo about 150 m².
- Laid side by side, Saarland and Tokyo would cover 4,840 km², 94% of the size of Trinidad and Tobago.
- Together they have 15.3 million people, about as many people as Zimbabwe.
- Tokyo is drawn from 173 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 | Tokyo | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateGermany | MetropolisJapan |
| Area, measured | 2,650 km²1,020 mi² | 2,180 km²843 mi² |
| Official area | 2,570 km²Wikidata | 2,190 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 13th of 16in Germany | 44th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 1.0 millionWikidata, 2022 | 14.3 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 15th of 16in Germany | 1st of 47in Japan |
| Density | 379 per km² | 6,534 per km² |
| Capital | Saarbrücken | Shinjuku; Tokyo |
| Latitude range | 49°N to 50°N | 24°N to 36°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022. 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 2,190 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,180 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