Saskatchewan is 158× the size of Ishikawa

What fits

• Ishikawa fits inside Saskatchewan about 158 times by area.
• Saskatchewan is larger by 647,000 km² (250,000 mi²), which is 15,720% of the area of Ishikawa.
• Measured in Belgiums: Saskatchewan is about 21.2, Ishikawa about 0.13.

How they differ

• Saskatchewan also has the larger population: 1.1 million against 1.1 million, 1.00× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 275 in Ishikawa against 1.7 in Saskatchewan: Ishikawa is 158× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 8,260 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Saskatchewan at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Ishikawa at 37°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Saskatchewan as 297× the size of Ishikawa instead of 158×.
• Together Saskatchewan and Ishikawa cover 655,000 km², close to the size of Myanmar (663,000 km², 1.2% bigger).
• The gap between them, 647,000 km², is about the size of Afghanistan (642,000 km²).
• At Ishikawa's density, Saskatchewan would have 179.2 million people (it has 1.1 million). At Saskatchewan's density, Ishikawa would have 7,160 (it has 1.1 million).
• Saskatchewan's centre is 17.4° of latitude, about 1,940 km, farther north than Ishikawa's.
• Saskatchewan is the 8th largest of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and covers 6.5% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
• Ishikawa is the 36th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 23rd most densely populated of them.
• Saskatchewan lies about 17° of latitude (roughly 1,940 km) north of Ishikawa.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Saskatchewan would have about 574,720 m² and each person in Ishikawa about 3,630 m².
• Laid side by side, Saskatchewan and Ishikawa would cover 655,000 km², about the same size as Myanmar.
• Together they have 2.3 million people, 94% as many people as Moldova.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 652,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 651,000 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 4,190 km² agrees with our measured area of 4,110 km², to within 2%.

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