Shiga is 1.51× the size of Saarland
Shiga (prefecture of Japan) covers about 4,010 km² (1,550 mi²) and Saarland (state of Germany) about 2,650 km² (1,020 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 4,010km²Shiga
- 2,650km²Saarland
20 km
- Shiga
- Saarland
What fits
- Saarland is 66% of the size of Shiga.
- Shiga is larger by 1,350 km² (523 mi²), which is 51% of the area of Saarland.
- Measured in Belgiums: Shiga is about 0.13, Saarland about 0.09.
How they differ
- Shiga also has the larger population: 1.4 million against 1.0 million, 1.40× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 379 in Saarland against 352 in Shiga: Saarland is 1.08× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,360 km apart.
- On a standard web map Saarland looks larger than Shiga: Shiga at 35°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Saarland at 49°N about 2.4×, so the map shows Saarland as 1.04× the size of Shiga, when Shiga is 1.51× the size of Saarland.
- Together Shiga and Saarland cover 6,660 km², close to the size of Palestine (6,070 km², 8.8% smaller).
- The gap between them, 1,350 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
- At Saarland's density, Shiga would have 1.5 million people (it has 1.4 million). At Shiga's density, Saarland would have 934,000 (it has 1.0 million).
- Saarland's centre is 14.2° of latitude, about 1,580 km, farther north than Shiga'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.
- Saarland is the 13th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 0.7% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
- Saarland lies about 14° of latitude (roughly 1,580 km) north of Shiga.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Shiga would have about 2,840 m² and each person in Saarland about 2,640 m².
- Laid side by side, Shiga and Saarland would cover 6,660 km², 1.17× the size of Brunei.
- Together they have 2.4 million people, about as many people as Moldova.
Side by side
| Shiga | Saarland | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | PrefectureJapan | StateGermany |
| Area, measured | 4,010 km²1,550 mi² | 2,650 km²1,020 mi² |
| Official area | 4,020 km²Wikidata | 2,570 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 37th of 47in Japan | 13th of 16in Germany |
| Population | 1.4 millionWikidata, 2021 | 1.0 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 26th of 47in Japan | 15th of 16in Germany |
| Density | 352 per km² | 379 per km² |
| Capital | Otsu | Saarbrücken |
| Latitude range | 35°N to 36°N | 49°N to 50°N |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 4,020 km² agrees with our measured area of 4,010 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 2,650 km² is 3.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 2,570 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