Saitama and Tlaxcala are almost exactly the same size
Saitama (prefecture of Japan) covers about 3,880 km² (1,500 mi²) and Tlaxcala (state of Mexico) about 3,870 km² (1,500 mi²). Their outlines are laid over each other below at one scale.
- 3,880km²Saitama
- 3,870km²Tlaxcala
20 km
- Saitama
- Tlaxcala
What fits
- Tlaxcala is 100% of the size of Saitama.
- The measured areas differ by 12.1 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
- Measured in Belgiums: Saitama is about 0.13, Tlaxcala about 0.13.
How they differ
- Saitama also has the larger population: 7.3 million against 1.3 million, 5.77× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 1,890 in Saitama against 329 in Tlaxcala: Saitama is 5.75× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 11,400 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Saitama at 36°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Tlaxcala at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Saitama as 1.36× the size of Tlaxcala instead of 1.00×.
- Together Saitama and Tlaxcala cover 7,760 km², close to the size of Palestine (6,070 km², 22% smaller).
- At Tlaxcala's density, Saitama would have 1.3 million people (it has 7.3 million). At Saitama's density, Tlaxcala would have 7.3 million (it has 1.3 million).
- Saitama's centre is 16.6° of latitude, about 1,840 km, farther north than Tlaxcala'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.
- Tlaxcala is the 31st largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 0.2% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
- Saitama lies about 17° of latitude (roughly 1,840 km) north of Tlaxcala.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Saitama would have about 530 m² and each person in Tlaxcala about 3,040 m².
- Laid side by side, Saitama and Tlaxcala would cover 7,760 km², 78% of the size of Lebanon.
- Together they have 8.6 million people, 96% as many people as Papua New Guinea.
Side by side
| Saitama | Tlaxcala | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | PrefectureJapan | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 3,880 km²1,500 mi² | 3,870 km²1,500 mi² |
| Official area | 3,800 km²Wikidata | 3,990 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 39th of 47in Japan | 31st of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 7.3 millionWikidata, 2021 | 1.3 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Rank by population | 5th of 47in Japan | 28th of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 1,890 per km² | 329 per km² |
| Capital | Saitama | Tlaxcala de Xicoténcatl |
| Latitude range | 36°N to 36°N | 19°N to 20°N |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2015. 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.
- Our measured 3,870 km² is 3.0% below Wikidata's official figure of 3,990 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