Tabasco is 1.55× the size of Iwate
Tabasco (state of Mexico) covers about 24,100 km² (9,290 mi²) and Iwate (prefecture of Japan) about 15,500 km² (5,970 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 24,100km²Tabasco
- 15,500km²Iwate
100 km
- Tabasco
- Iwate
What fits
- Iwate is 64% of the size of Tabasco.
- Tabasco is larger by 8,580 km² (3,310 mi²), which is 55% of the area of Iwate.
- Measured in Belgiums: Tabasco is about 0.78, Iwate about 0.50.
How they differ
- Tabasco also has the larger population: 2.4 million against 1.2 million, 1.99× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 100 in Tabasco against 78 in Iwate: Tabasco is 1.28× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 11,500 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Tabasco at 18°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Iwate at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Tabasco as 1.02× the size of Iwate instead of 1.55×.
- Together Tabasco and Iwate cover 39,500 km², close to the size of Bhutan (40,400 km², 2.3% bigger).
- The gap between them, 8,580 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
- At Iwate's density, Tabasco would have 1.9 million people (it has 2.4 million). At Tabasco's density, Iwate would have 1.5 million (it has 1.2 million).
- Iwate's centre is 21.6° of latitude, about 2,410 km, farther north than Tabasco's.
- Tabasco is the 24th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 1.2% of its area; it is the 12th most densely populated of them.
- Iwate is the 2nd largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 4.1% of its area; it is the 46th most densely populated of them.
- Iwate lies about 22° of latitude (roughly 2,410 km) north of Tabasco.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Tabasco would have about 10,010 m² and each person in Iwate about 12,830 m².
- Laid side by side, Tabasco and Iwate would cover 39,500 km², about the same size as Bhutan.
- Together they have 3.6 million people, 1.03× as many people as Eritrea.
Side by side
| Tabasco | Iwate | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateMexico | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 24,100 km²9,290 mi² | 15,500 km²5,970 mi² |
| Official area | 24,700 km²Wikidata | 15,300 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 24th of 32in Mexico | 2nd of 47in Japan |
| Population | 2.4 millionWikidata, 2020 | 1.2 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 20th of 32in Mexico | 32nd of 47in Japan |
| Density | 100 per km² | 78 per km² |
| Capital | Villahermosa | Morioka |
| Latitude range | 17°N to 19°N | 39°N to 40°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 24,100 km² is 2.8% below Wikidata's official figure of 24,700 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Wikidata's official figure of 15,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 15,500 km², to within 2%.
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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