Switzerland is 10.7× the size of Saitama
Switzerland (Europe) covers about 41,400 km² (16,000 mi²) and Saitama (prefecture of Japan) about 3,880 km² (1,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 41,400km²Switzerland
- 3,880km²Saitama
100 km
- Switzerland
- Saitama
What fits
- Saitama fits inside Switzerland about 10.7 times by area.
- Switzerland is larger by 37,600 km² (14,500 mi²), which is 967% of the area of Saitama.
- Measured in Belgiums: Switzerland is about 1.35, Saitama about 0.13.
How they differ
- Switzerland also has the larger population: 9.1 million against 7.3 million, 1.24× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 1,890 in Saitama against 220 in Switzerland: Saitama is 8.60× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,600 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Switzerland at 47°N is drawn about 2.1× too large and Saitama at 36°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Switzerland as 14.9× the size of Saitama instead of 10.7×.
- Together Switzerland and Saitama cover 45,300 km², close to the size of Estonia (45,800 km², 1.1% bigger).
- The gap between them, 37,600 km², is about the size of Netherlands (37,100 km²).
- At Saitama's density, Switzerland would have 78.3 million people (it has 9.1 million). At Switzerland's density, Saitama would have 854,000 (it has 7.3 million).
- Switzerland's centre is 10.8° of latitude, about 1,200 km, farther north than Saitama's.
- Switzerland ranks 135th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Saitama is the 39th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.0% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
- Switzerland lies about 11° of latitude (roughly 1,200 km) north of Saitama.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Switzerland would have about 4,550 m² and each person in Saitama about 530 m².
- Laid side by side, Switzerland and Saitama would cover 45,300 km², about the same size as Estonia.
- Together they have 16.4 million people, about as many people as Senegal.
- Counted as a country, Saitama would rank 177th by area and 105th by population.
Side by side
| Switzerland | Saitama | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryEurope | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 41,400 km²16,000 mi² | 3,880 km²1,500 mi² |
| Official area | 41,300 km²Wikidata | 3,800 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 134th of 239worldwide | 39th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 9.1 millionWikidata, 2025 | 7.3 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 96th of 237worldwide | 5th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 220 per km² | 1,890 per km² |
| Capital | Bern | Saitama |
| Latitude range | 46°N to 48°N | 36°N to 36°N |
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 3,880 km² is 2.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 3,800 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 for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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