Tianjin is 1.30× the size of Kagoshima
Tianjin (municipality of China) covers about 11,500 km² (4,430 mi²) and Kagoshima (prefecture of Japan) about 8,850 km² (3,420 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 11,500km²Tianjin
- 8,850km²Kagoshima
100 km
- Tianjin
- Kagoshima
What fits
- Kagoshima is 77% of the size of Tianjin.
- Tianjin is larger by 2,620 km² (1,010 mi²), which is 30% of the area of Kagoshima.
- Measured in Belgiums: Tianjin is about 0.37, Kagoshima about 0.29.
How they differ
- Tianjin also has the larger population: 13.9 million against 1.6 million, 8.74× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 1,208 in Tianjin against 179 in Kagoshima: Tianjin is 6.74× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 1,500 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Tianjin at 39°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Kagoshima at 31°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Tianjin as 1.59× the size of Kagoshima instead of 1.30×.
- Together Tianjin and Kagoshima cover 20,300 km², close to the size of Slovenia (20,300 km², 0.0% bigger).
- The gap between them, 2,620 km², is about the size of Luxembourg (2,610 km²).
- At Kagoshima's density, Tianjin would have 2.1 million people (it has 13.9 million). At Tianjin's density, Kagoshima would have 10.7 million (it has 1.6 million).
- Tianjin's centre is 8.3° of latitude, about 920 km, farther north than Kagoshima's.
- Tianjin is the 30th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 0.1% of its area; it is the 3rd most densely populated of them.
- Kagoshima is the 10th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.4% of its area; it is the 32nd most densely populated of them.
- Tianjin lies about 8° of latitude (roughly 920 km) north of Kagoshima.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Tianjin would have about 830 m² and each person in Kagoshima about 5,580 m².
- Laid side by side, Tianjin and Kagoshima would cover 20,300 km², about the same size as Slovenia.
- Together they have 15.5 million people, about as many people as Zimbabwe.
Side by side
| Tianjin | Kagoshima | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | MunicipalityChina | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 11,500 km²4,430 mi² | 8,850 km²3,420 mi² |
| Official area | 11,900 km²Wikidata | 9,130 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 30th of 31in China | 10th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 13.9 millionWikidata, 2020 | 1.6 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 27th of 31in China | 24th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 1,208 per km² | 179 per km² |
| Capital | – | Kagoshima |
| Latitude range | 39°N to 40°N | 27°N to 32°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 11,500 km² is 3.7% below Wikidata's official figure of 11,900 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Our measured 8,850 km² is 3.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 9,130 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
- 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
