Shizuoka is 1.08× the size of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

What fits

• Andaman and Nicobar Islands is 93% of the size of Shizuoka.
• Shizuoka is larger by 562 km² (217 mi²), which is 7.9% of the area of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
• Measured in Belgiums: Shizuoka is about 0.25, Andaman and Nicobar Islands about 0.23.

How they differ

• Shizuoka also has the larger population: 3.6 million against 356,000, 10.1× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 471 in Shizuoka against 50 in Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Shizuoka is 9.39× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 5,280 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Shizuoka at 35°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Andaman and Nicobar Islands at 11°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Shizuoka as 1.55× the size of Andaman and Nicobar Islands instead of 1.08×.
• Together Shizuoka and Andaman and Nicobar Islands cover 14,800 km², close to the size of East Timor (15,100 km², 2.1% bigger).
• The gap between them, 562 km², is about the size of Isle of Man (575 km²).
• At Andaman and Nicobar Islands's density, Shizuoka would have 384,000 people (it has 3.6 million). At Shizuoka's density, Andaman and Nicobar Islands would have 3.3 million (it has 356,000).
• Shizuoka's centre is 23.9° of latitude, about 2,660 km, farther north than Andaman and Nicobar Islands's.
• Shizuoka is the 14th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.1% of its area; it is the 12th most densely populated of them.
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands is the 29th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 0.2% of its area; it is the 34th most densely populated of them.
• Shizuoka lies about 24° of latitude (roughly 2,660 km) north of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Shizuoka would have about 2,120 m² and each person in Andaman and Nicobar Islands about 19,950 m².
• Laid side by side, Shizuoka and Andaman and Nicobar Islands would cover 14,800 km², about the same size as East Timor.
• Together they have 4.0 million people, about as many people as Georgia.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2005. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 7,780 km² agrees with our measured area of 7,670 km², to within 2%.
• Our measured 7,110 km² is 14% below Wikidata's official figure of 8,250 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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