Tianjin is 1.24× the size of Yamagata
Tianjin (municipality of China) covers about 11,500 km² (4,430 mi²) and Yamagata (prefecture of Japan) about 9,240 km² (3,570 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 11,500km²Tianjin
- 9,240km²Yamagata
20 km
- Tianjin
- Yamagata
What fits
- Yamagata is 81% of the size of Tianjin.
- Tianjin is larger by 2,230 km² (861 mi²), which is 24% of the area of Yamagata.
- Measured in Belgiums: Tianjin is about 0.37, Yamagata about 0.30.
How they differ
- Tianjin also has the larger population: 13.9 million against 1.1 million, 13.0× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 1,208 in Tianjin against 115 in Yamagata: Tianjin is 10.5× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 1,970 km apart.
- Together Tianjin and Yamagata cover 20,700 km², close to the size of El Salvador (20,500 km², 0.9% smaller).
- The gap between them, 2,230 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
- At Yamagata's density, Tianjin would have 1.3 million people (it has 13.9 million). At Tianjin's density, Yamagata would have 11.2 million (it has 1.1 million).
- Tianjin's centre is 0.9° of latitude, about 100 km, farther north than Yamagata'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.
- Yamagata is the 9th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.5% of its area; it is the 42nd most densely populated of them.
- Both lie at about the same latitude, 39°N and 38°N.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Tianjin would have about 830 m² and each person in Yamagata about 8,690 m².
- Laid side by side, Tianjin and Yamagata would cover 20,700 km², about the same size as El Salvador.
- Together they have 14.9 million people, about as many people as Zimbabwe.
Side by side
| Tianjin | Yamagata | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | MunicipalityChina | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 11,500 km²4,430 mi² | 9,240 km²3,570 mi² |
| Official area | 11,900 km²Wikidata | 9,320 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 30th of 31in China | 9th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 13.9 millionWikidata, 2020 | 1.1 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 27th of 31in China | 35th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 1,208 per km² | 115 per km² |
| Capital | – | Yamagata |
| Latitude range | 39°N to 40°N | 38°N to 39°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.
- Wikidata's official figure of 9,320 km² agrees with our measured area of 9,240 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