Tak is 2.38× the size of Shimane

What fits

• Shimane fits inside Tak about 2.38 times by area.
• Tak is larger by 9,500 km² (3,670 mi²), which is 138% of the area of Shimane.
• Measured in Belgiums: Tak is about 0.53, Shimane about 0.22.

How they differ

• Tak also has the larger population: 670,000 against 665,000, 1.01× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 97 in Shimane against 41 in Tak: Shimane is 2.36× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 3,920 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Tak at 17°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Shimane at 35°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Tak as 1.74× the size of Shimane instead of 2.38×.
• Together Tak and Shimane cover 23,300 km², close to the size of Belize (22,300 km², 4.1% smaller).
• The gap between them, 9,500 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
• At Shimane's density, Tak would have 1.6 million people (it has 670,000). At Tak's density, Shimane would have 281,000 (it has 665,000).
• Shimane's centre is 18.4° of latitude, about 2,040 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.
• Shimane is the 19th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.8% of its area; it is the 44th most densely populated of them.
• Shimane lies about 18° of latitude (roughly 2,040 km) north of Tak.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Tak would have about 24,430 m² and each person in Shimane about 10,350 m².
• Laid side by side, Tak and Shimane would cover 23,300 km², 1.04× the size of Belize.
• Together they have 1.3 million people, about as many people as Cyprus.

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%.
• Our measured 6,880 km² is 2.5% above Wikidata's official figure of 6,710 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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