Shiga is 1.71× the size of Australian Capital Territory

What fits

• Australian Capital Territory is 59% of the size of Shiga.
• Shiga is larger by 1,660 km² (641 mi²), which is 71% of the area of Australian Capital Territory.
• Measured in Belgiums: Shiga is about 0.13, Australian Capital Territory about 0.08.

How they differ

• Shiga also has the larger population: 1.4 million against 482,000, 2.93× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 352 in Shiga against 205 in Australian Capital Territory: Shiga is 1.72× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 7,970 km apart.
• Together Shiga and Australian Capital Territory cover 6,360 km², close to the size of Palestine (6,070 km², 4.5% smaller).
• The gap between them, 1,660 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
• At Australian Capital Territory's density, Shiga would have 822,000 people (it has 1.4 million). At Shiga's density, Australian Capital Territory would have 827,000 (it has 482,000).
• Shiga's centre is 70.7° of latitude, about 7,860 km, farther north than Australian Capital Territory's.
• Shiga is the 37th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 14th 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.
• Shiga lies about 71° of latitude (roughly 7,860 km) north of Australian Capital Territory, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Shiga would have about 2,840 m² and each person in Australian Capital Territory about 4,880 m².
• Laid side by side, Shiga and Australian Capital Territory would cover 6,360 km², 1.11× the size of Brunei.
• Together they have 1.9 million people, about as many people as Guinea-Bissau.
• 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).

• Wikidata's official figure of 4,020 km² agrees with our measured area of 4,010 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 2,360 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,350 km², to within 2%.

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