Shizuoka is 1.30× the size of Colima
Shizuoka (prefecture of Japan) covers about 7,670 km² (2,960 mi²) and Colima (state of Mexico) about 5,880 km² (2,270 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 7,670km²Shizuoka
- 5,880km²Colima
200 km
- Shizuoka
- Colima
What fits
- Colima is 77% of the size of Shizuoka.
- Shizuoka is larger by 1,790 km² (691 mi²), which is 30% of the area of Colima.
- Measured in Belgiums: Shizuoka is about 0.25, Colima about 0.19.
How they differ
- Shizuoka also has the larger population: 3.6 million against 731,000, 4.94× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 471 in Shizuoka against 124 in Colima: Shizuoka is 3.78× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 11,100 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Shizuoka at 35°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Colima at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Shizuoka as 1.74× the size of Colima instead of 1.30×.
- Together Shizuoka and Colima cover 13,500 km², close to the size of Montenegro (13,700 km², 1.3% bigger).
- The gap between them, 1,790 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
- At Colima's density, Shizuoka would have 954,000 people (it has 3.6 million). At Shizuoka's density, Colima would have 2.8 million (it has 731,000).
- Shizuoka's centre is 15.9° of latitude, about 1,770 km, farther north than Colima'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.
- Colima is the 28th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
- Shizuoka lies about 16° of latitude (roughly 1,770 km) north of Colima.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Shizuoka would have about 2,120 m² and each person in Colima about 8,040 m².
- Laid side by side, Shizuoka and Colima would cover 13,500 km², about the same size as Montenegro.
- Together they have 4.3 million people, about as many people as Kuwait.
Side by side
| Shizuoka | Colima | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | PrefectureJapan | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 7,670 km²2,960 mi² | 5,880 km²2,270 mi² |
| Official area | 7,780 km²Wikidata | 5,630 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 14th of 47in Japan | 28th of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 3.6 millionWikidata, 2021 | 731,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 10th of 47in Japan | 31st of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 471 per km² | 124 per km² |
| Capital | Shizuoka | Colima |
| Latitude range | 35°N to 36°N | 18°N to 20°N |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2020. 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 5,880 km² is 4.5% above Wikidata's official figure of 5,630 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