Saxony is 1.17× the size of Iwate
Saxony (state of Germany) covers about 18,200 km² (7,010 mi²) and Iwate (prefecture of Japan) about 15,500 km² (5,970 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 18,200km²Saxony
- 15,500km²Iwate
50 km
- Saxony
- Iwate
What fits
- Iwate is 85% of the size of Saxony.
- Saxony is larger by 2,690 km² (1,040 mi²), which is 17% of the area of Iwate.
- Measured in Belgiums: Saxony is about 0.59, Iwate about 0.50.
How they differ
- Saxony also has the larger population: 4.1 million against 1.2 million, 3.39× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 225 in Saxony against 78 in Iwate: Saxony is 2.89× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,740 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Saxony at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Iwate at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Saxony as 1.76× the size of Iwate instead of 1.17×.
- Together Saxony and Iwate cover 33,600 km², close to the size of Moldova (33,200 km², 1.3% smaller).
- The gap between them, 2,690 km², is about the size of Samoa (2,780 km²).
- At Iwate's density, Saxony would have 1.4 million people (it has 4.1 million). At Saxony's density, Iwate would have 3.5 million (it has 1.2 million).
- Saxony's centre is 11.5° of latitude, about 1,270 km, farther north than Iwate's.
- Saxony is the 10th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 5.1% of its area; it is the 8th most densely populated of them.
- Iwate is the 2nd largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 4.1% of its area; it is the 46th most densely populated of them.
- Saxony lies about 11° of latitude (roughly 1,270 km) north of Iwate.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Saxony would have about 4,450 m² and each person in Iwate about 12,830 m².
- Laid side by side, Saxony and Iwate would cover 33,600 km², about the same size as Moldova.
- Together they have 5.3 million people, about as many people as New Zealand.
Side by side
| Saxony | Iwate | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateGermany | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 18,200 km²7,010 mi² | 15,500 km²5,970 mi² |
| Official area | 18,400 km²Wikidata | 15,300 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 10th of 16in Germany | 2nd of 47in Japan |
| Population | 4.1 millionWikidata, 2022 | 1.2 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 7th of 16in Germany | 32nd of 47in Japan |
| Density | 225 per km² | 78 per km² |
| Capital | Dresden | Morioka |
| Latitude range | 50°N to 52°N | 39°N to 40°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 18,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 18,200 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 15,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 15,500 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