Tlaxcala is 1.58× the size of Saga
Tlaxcala (state of Mexico) covers about 3,870 km² (1,500 mi²) and Saga (prefecture of Japan) about 2,450 km² (945 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 3,870km²Tlaxcala
- 2,450km²Saga
20 km
- Tlaxcala
- Saga
What fits
- Saga is 63% of the size of Tlaxcala.
- Tlaxcala is larger by 1,430 km² (550 mi²), which is 58% of the area of Saga.
- Measured in Belgiums: Tlaxcala is about 0.13, Saga about 0.08.
How they differ
- Tlaxcala also has the larger population: 1.3 million against 810,000, 1.57× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 331 in Saga against 329 in Tlaxcala: Saga is 1.01× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 12,200 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Tlaxcala at 19°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Saga at 33°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Tlaxcala as 1.24× the size of Saga instead of 1.58×.
- Together Tlaxcala and Saga cover 6,320 km², close to the size of Palestine (6,070 km², 3.9% smaller).
- The gap between them, 1,430 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
- At Saga's density, Tlaxcala would have 1.3 million people (it has 1.3 million). At Tlaxcala's density, Saga would have 804,000 (it has 810,000).
- Saga's centre is 13.9° of latitude, about 1,540 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.
- Saga is the 42nd largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 0.7% of its area; it is the 17th most densely populated of them.
- Saga lies about 14° of latitude (roughly 1,540 km) north of Tlaxcala.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Tlaxcala would have about 3,040 m² and each person in Saga about 3,020 m².
- Laid side by side, Tlaxcala and Saga would cover 6,320 km², 1.11× the size of Brunei.
- Together they have 2.1 million people, about as many people as Slovenia.
- Saga is drawn from 74 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 | Saga | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateMexico | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 3,870 km²1,500 mi² | 2,450 km²945 mi² |
| Official area | 3,990 km²Wikidata | 2,440 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 31st of 32in Mexico | 42nd of 47in Japan |
| Population | 1.3 millionWikidata, 2015 | 810,000Wikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 28th of 32in Mexico | 41st of 47in Japan |
| Density | 329 per km² | 331 per km² |
| Capital | Tlaxcala de Xicoténcatl | Saga |
| Latitude range | 19°N to 20°N | 33°N to 34°N |
Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2021. 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 2,440 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,450 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