Tochigi is 1.10× the size of Colima
Tochigi (prefecture of Japan) covers about 6,480 km² (2,500 mi²) and Colima (state of Mexico) about 5,880 km² (2,270 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 6,480km²Tochigi
- 5,880km²Colima
200 km
- Tochigi
- Colima
What fits
- Colima is 91% of the size of Tochigi.
- Tochigi is larger by 604 km² (233 mi²), which is 10% of the area of Colima.
- Measured in Belgiums: Tochigi is about 0.21, Colima about 0.19.
How they differ
- Tochigi also has the larger population: 1.9 million against 731,000, 2.64× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 297 in Tochigi against 124 in Colima: Tochigi is 2.39× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 10,900 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Tochigi at 37°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Colima at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Tochigi as 1.53× the size of Colima instead of 1.10×.
- Together Tochigi and Colima cover 12,400 km², close to the size of Vanuatu (12,300 km², 0.5% smaller).
- The gap between them, 604 km², is about the size of Kiribati (604 km²).
- At Colima's density, Tochigi would have 807,000 people (it has 1.9 million). At Tochigi's density, Colima would have 1.7 million (it has 731,000).
- Tochigi's centre is 17.5° of latitude, about 1,950 km, farther north than Colima's.
- Tochigi is the 21st largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.7% of its area; it is the 22nd most densely populated of them.
- Colima is the 28th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
- Tochigi lies about 18° of latitude (roughly 1,950 km) north of Colima.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Tochigi would have about 3,360 m² and each person in Colima about 8,040 m².
- Laid side by side, Tochigi and Colima would cover 12,400 km², about the same size as Vanuatu.
- Together they have 2.7 million people, about as many people as the Gambia.
Side by side
| Tochigi | Colima | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | PrefectureJapan | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 6,480 km²2,500 mi² | 5,880 km²2,270 mi² |
| Official area | 6,410 km²Wikidata | 5,630 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 21st of 47in Japan | 28th of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 1.9 millionWikidata, 2021 | 731,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 19th of 47in Japan | 31st of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 297 per km² | 124 per km² |
| Capital | Utsunomiya | Colima |
| Latitude range | 36°N to 37°N | 18°N to 20°N |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 6,410 km² agrees with our measured area of 6,480 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 5,880 km² is 4.5% above Wikidata's official figure of 5,630 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