Tak is 1.06× the size of Iwate

What fits

• Iwate is 94% of the size of Tak.
• Tak is larger by 904 km² (349 mi²), which is 5.8% of the area of Iwate.
• Measured in Belgiums: Tak is about 0.53, Iwate about 0.50.

How they differ

• Tak is larger, but Iwate has the larger population: 1.2 million against 670,000, 1.80× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 78 in Iwate against 41 in Tak: Iwate is 1.90× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 4,820 km apart.
• On a standard web map Iwate looks larger than Tak: Tak at 17°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Iwate at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Iwate as 1.46× the size of Tak, when Tak is 1.06× the size of Iwate.
• Together Tak and Iwate cover 31,900 km², close to the size of Guinea-Bissau (32,800 km², 3.1% bigger).
• The gap between them, 904 km², is about the size of Åland (942 km²).
• At Iwate's density, Tak would have 1.3 million people (it has 670,000). At Tak's density, Iwate would have 633,000 (it has 1.2 million).
• Iwate's centre is 22.9° of latitude, about 2,550 km, farther north than Tak's.
• Tak is the 4th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 3.2% of its area; it is the 75th 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 23° of latitude (roughly 2,550 km) north of Tak.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Tak would have about 24,430 m² and each person in Iwate about 12,830 m².
• Laid side by side, Tak and Iwate would cover 31,900 km², about the same size as Guinea-Bissau.
• Together they have 1.9 million people, about as many people as Guinea-Bissau.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 16,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 16,400 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 15,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 15,500 km², to within 2%.

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