Tlaxcala is 1.62× the size of Kanagawa
Tlaxcala (state of Mexico) covers about 3,870 km² (1,500 mi²) and Kanagawa (prefecture of Japan) about 2,380 km² (921 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 3,870km²Tlaxcala
- 2,380km²Kanagawa
20 km
- Tlaxcala
- Kanagawa
What fits
- Kanagawa is 62% of the size of Tlaxcala.
- Tlaxcala is larger by 1,490 km² (575 mi²), which is 62% of the area of Kanagawa.
- Measured in Belgiums: Tlaxcala is about 0.13, Kanagawa about 0.08.
How they differ
- Tlaxcala is larger, but Kanagawa has the larger population: 9.2 million against 1.3 million, 7.24× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 3,865 in Kanagawa against 329 in Tlaxcala: Kanagawa is 11.8× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 11,400 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Tlaxcala at 19°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Kanagawa at 35°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Tlaxcala as 1.21× the size of Kanagawa instead of 1.62×.
- Together Tlaxcala and Kanagawa cover 6,260 km², close to the size of Palestine (6,070 km², 2.9% smaller).
- The gap between them, 1,490 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
- At Kanagawa's density, Tlaxcala would have 15.0 million people (it has 1.3 million). At Tlaxcala's density, Kanagawa would have 784,000 (it has 9.2 million).
- Kanagawa's centre is 16.0° of latitude, about 1,780 km, farther north than Tlaxcala's.
- Tlaxcala is the 31st largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 0.2% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
- Kanagawa is the 43rd largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 0.6% of its area; it is the 3rd most densely populated of them.
- Kanagawa lies about 16° of latitude (roughly 1,780 km) north of Tlaxcala.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Tlaxcala would have about 3,040 m² and each person in Kanagawa about 260 m².
- Laid side by side, Tlaxcala and Kanagawa would cover 6,260 km², 1.09× the size of Brunei.
- Together they have 10.5 million people, about as many people as Greece.
- Kanagawa is drawn from 83 points: at a size under 2,500 km² the outline is a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.
Side by side
| Tlaxcala | Kanagawa | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateMexico | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 3,870 km²1,500 mi² | 2,380 km²921 mi² |
| Official area | 3,990 km²Wikidata | 2,420 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 31st of 32in Mexico | 43rd of 47in Japan |
| Population | 1.3 millionWikidata, 2015 | 9.2 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 28th of 32in Mexico | 2nd of 47in Japan |
| Density | 329 per km² | 3,865 per km² |
| Capital | Tlaxcala de Xicoténcatl | Yokohama |
| Latitude range | 19°N to 20°N | 35°N to 36°N |
Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 3,870 km² is 3.0% below Wikidata's official figure of 3,990 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Wikidata's official figure of 2,420 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,380 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