Sonora is 28.3× the size of Ibaraki
Sonora (state of Mexico) covers about 179,000 km² (69,200 mi²) and Ibaraki (prefecture of Japan) about 6,340 km² (2,450 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 179,000km²Sonora
- 6,340km²Ibaraki
200 km
- Sonora
- Ibaraki
What fits
- Ibaraki fits inside Sonora about 28.3 times by area.
- Sonora is larger by 173,000 km² (66,700 mi²), which is 2,728% of the area of Ibaraki.
- Measured in Belgiums: Sonora is about 5.84, Ibaraki about 0.21.
How they differ
- Sonora is larger, but Ibaraki has the larger population: 2.9 million against 2.9 million, 1.00× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 452 in Ibaraki against 16 in Sonora: Ibaraki is 28.4× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,580 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Sonora at 30°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Ibaraki at 36°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Sonora as 24.3× the size of Ibaraki instead of 28.3×.
- Together Sonora and Ibaraki cover 186,000 km², close to the size of Syria (186,000 km², 0.2% bigger).
- The gap between them, 173,000 km², is about the size of Uruguay (177,000 km²).
- At Ibaraki's density, Sonora would have 80.9 million people (it has 2.9 million). At Sonora's density, Ibaraki would have 101,000 (it has 2.9 million).
- Ibaraki's centre is 6.6° of latitude, about 740 km, farther north than Sonora's.
- Sonora is the 2nd largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 9.2% of its area; it is the 29th most densely populated of them.
- Ibaraki is the 23rd largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.7% of its area; it is the 13th most densely populated of them.
- Ibaraki lies about 7° of latitude (roughly 735 km) north of Sonora.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Sonora would have about 62,860 m² and each person in Ibaraki about 2,210 m².
- Laid side by side, Sonora and Ibaraki would cover 186,000 km², about the same size as Syria.
- Together they have 5.7 million people, about as many people as Finland.
Side by side
| Sonora | Ibaraki | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateMexico | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 179,000 km²69,200 mi² | 6,340 km²2,450 mi² |
| Official area | 180,000 km²Wikidata | 6,100 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 2nd of 32in Mexico | 23rd of 47in Japan |
| Population | 2.9 millionWikidata, 2015 | 2.9 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 18th of 32in Mexico | 11th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 16 per km² | 452 per km² |
| Capital | Hermosillo | Mito |
| Latitude range | 26°N to 32°N | 36°N to 37°N |
Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 180,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 179,000 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 6,340 km² is 3.9% above Wikidata's official figure of 6,100 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