Switzerland is 22.3× the size of Osaka

What fits

• Osaka fits inside Switzerland about 22.3 times by area.
• Switzerland is larger by 39,600 km² (15,300 mi²), which is 2,134% of the area of Osaka.
• Measured in Belgiums: Switzerland is about 1.35, Osaka about 0.06.

How they differ

• Switzerland also has the larger population: 9.1 million against 8.8 million, 1.03× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 4,758 in Osaka against 220 in Switzerland: Osaka is 21.7× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 9,540 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Switzerland at 47°N is drawn about 2.1× too large and Osaka at 35°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Switzerland as 32.3× the size of Osaka instead of 22.3×.
• Together Switzerland and Osaka cover 43,300 km², close to the size of Denmark (42,700 km², 1.4% smaller).
• The gap between them, 39,600 km², is about the size of Bhutan (40,400 km²).
• At Osaka's density, Switzerland would have 197.2 million people (it has 9.1 million). At Switzerland's density, Osaka would have 408,000 (it has 8.8 million).
• Switzerland's centre is 12.2° of latitude, about 1,360 km, farther north than Osaka's.
• Switzerland ranks 135th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Osaka is the 46th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 0.5% of its area; it is the 2nd most densely populated of them.
• Switzerland lies about 12° of latitude (roughly 1,360 km) north of Osaka.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Switzerland would have about 4,550 m² and each person in Osaka about 210 m².
• Laid side by side, Switzerland and Osaka would cover 43,300 km², about the same size as Denmark.
• Together they have 17.9 million people, about as many people as the Netherlands.
• Osaka is drawn from 55 points: at a size under 2,500 km² the outline is a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.
• Counted as a country, Osaka would rank 182nd by area and 100th by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 41,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 41,400 km², to within 2%.
• Our measured 1,860 km² is 2.6% below Wikidata's official figure of 1,910 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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