Saitama is 1.65× the size of Australian Capital Territory

What fits

• Australian Capital Territory is 60% of the size of Saitama.
• Saitama is larger by 1,540 km² (593 mi²), which is 65% of the area of Australian Capital Territory.
• Measured in Belgiums: Saitama is about 0.13, Australian Capital Territory about 0.08.

How they differ

• Saitama also has the larger population: 7.3 million against 482,000, 15.2× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 1,890 in Saitama against 205 in Australian Capital Territory: Saitama is 9.22× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 8,010 km apart.
• Together Saitama and Australian Capital Territory cover 6,230 km², close to the size of Palestine (6,070 km², 2.6% smaller).
• The gap between them, 1,540 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
• At Australian Capital Territory's density, Saitama would have 797,000 people (it has 7.3 million). At Saitama's density, Australian Capital Territory would have 4.4 million (it has 482,000).
• Saitama's centre is 71.5° of latitude, about 7,950 km, farther north than Australian Capital Territory's.
• Saitama is the 39th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.0% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
• Australian Capital Territory is the 8th largest of the 8 states and territories of Australia and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
• Saitama lies about 71° of latitude (roughly 7,950 km) north of Australian Capital Territory, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Saitama would have about 530 m² and each person in Australian Capital Territory about 4,880 m².
• Laid side by side, Saitama and Australian Capital Territory would cover 6,230 km², 1.09× the size of Brunei.
• Together they have 7.8 million people, about as many people as Togo.
• Australian Capital Territory is drawn from 52 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

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2024. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Our measured 3,880 km² is 2.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 3,800 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
• Wikidata's official figure of 2,360 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,350 km², to within 2%.

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