Shimane and Kalasin are almost exactly the same size

What fits

• Kalasin is 100% of the size of Shimane.
• The measured areas differ by 33.9 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
• Measured in Belgiums: Shimane is about 0.22, Kalasin about 0.22.

How they differ

• Shimane is larger, but Kalasin has the larger population: 977,000 against 665,000, 1.47× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 143 in Kalasin against 97 in Shimane: Kalasin is 1.48× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 3,520 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Shimane at 35°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Kalasin at 17°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Shimane as 1.38× the size of Kalasin instead of 1.00×.
• Together Shimane and Kalasin cover 13,700 km², close to the size of Montenegro (13,700 km², 0.0% bigger).
• At Kalasin's density, Shimane would have 982,000 people (it has 665,000). At Shimane's density, Kalasin would have 661,000 (it has 977,000).
• Shimane's centre is 18.4° of latitude, about 2,050 km, farther north than Kalasin's.
• Shimane is the 19th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.8% of its area; it is the 44th most densely populated of them.
• Kalasin is the 30th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 1.3% of its area; it is the 30th most densely populated of them.
• Shimane lies about 18° of latitude (roughly 2,050 km) north of Kalasin.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Shimane would have about 10,350 m² and each person in Kalasin about 7,000 m².
• Laid side by side, Shimane and Kalasin would cover 13,700 km², about the same size as Montenegro.
• Together they have 1.6 million people, 89% as many people as North Macedonia.

Side by side

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

• Our measured 6,880 km² is 2.5% above Wikidata's official figure of 6,710 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
• Wikidata's official figure of 6,950 km² agrees with our measured area of 6,840 km², to within 2%.

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