Tochigi is 1.25× the size of Delaware
Tochigi (prefecture of Japan) covers about 6,480 km² (2,500 mi²) and Delaware (state of the United States) about 5,170 km² (2,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 6,480km²Tochigi
- 5,170km²Delaware
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- Tochigi
- Delaware
What fits
- Delaware is 80% of the size of Tochigi.
- Tochigi is larger by 1,310 km² (506 mi²), which is 25% of the area of Delaware.
- Measured in Belgiums: Tochigi is about 0.21, Delaware about 0.17.
How they differ
- Tochigi also has the larger population: 1.9 million against 990,000, 1.95× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 297 in Tochigi against 191 in Delaware: Tochigi is 1.55× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 10,900 km apart.
- Together Tochigi and Delaware cover 11,700 km², close to the size of Falkland Islands (11,600 km², 0.5% smaller).
- The gap between them, 1,310 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
- At Delaware's density, Tochigi would have 1.2 million people (it has 1.9 million). At Tochigi's density, Delaware would have 1.5 million (it has 990,000).
- Delaware's centre is 2.3° of latitude, about 260 km, farther north than Tochigi'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.
- Delaware is the 49th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
- Delaware lies about 2° of latitude (roughly 257 km) north of Tochigi.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Tochigi would have about 3,360 m² and each person in Delaware about 5,220 m².
- Laid side by side, Tochigi and Delaware would cover 11,700 km², 1.05× the size of Qatar.
- Together they have 2.9 million people, about as many people as Armenia.
Side by side
| Tochigi | Delaware | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | PrefectureJapan | StateUnited States |
| Area, measured | 6,480 km²2,500 mi² | 5,170 km²2,000 mi² |
| Official area | 6,410 km²Wikidata | 6,450 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 21st of 47in Japan | 49th of 51in the United States |
| Population | 1.9 millionWikidata, 2021 | 990,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 19th of 47in Japan | 45th of 51in the United States |
| Density | 297 per km² | 191 per km² |
| Capital | Utsunomiya | Dover |
| Latitude range | 36°N to 37°N | 38°N to 40°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 5,170 km² is 20% below Wikidata's official figure of 6,450 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
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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