Tokushima and Nong Bua Lamphu are almost exactly the same size

What fits

• Nong Bua Lamphu is 100% of the size of Tokushima.
• The measured areas differ by 3.4 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
• Measured in Belgiums: Tokushima is about 0.14, Nong Bua Lamphu about 0.14.

How they differ

• Tokushima also has the larger population: 722,000 against 509,000, 1.42× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 170 in Tokushima against 120 in Nong Bua Lamphu: Tokushima is 1.42× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 3,680 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Tokushima at 34°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Nong Bua Lamphu at 17°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Tokushima as 1.33× the size of Nong Bua Lamphu instead of 1.00×.
• Together Tokushima and Nong Bua Lamphu cover 8,490 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 18% bigger).
• At Nong Bua Lamphu's density, Tokushima would have 510,000 people (it has 722,000). At Tokushima's density, Nong Bua Lamphu would have 721,000 (it has 509,000).
• Tokushima's centre is 16.7° of latitude, about 1,860 km, farther north than Nong Bua Lamphu's.
• Tokushima is the 34th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 36th most densely populated of them.
• Nong Bua Lamphu is the 49th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 0.8% of its area; it is the 40th most densely populated of them.
• Tokushima lies about 17° of latitude (roughly 1,860 km) north of Nong Bua Lamphu.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Tokushima would have about 5,890 m² and each person in Nong Bua Lamphu about 8,330 m².
• Laid side by side, Tokushima and Nong Bua Lamphu would cover 8,490 km², 85% of the size of Lebanon.
• Together they have 1.2 million people, about as many people as Eswatini.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Our measured 4,250 km² is 2.5% above Wikidata's official figure of 4,150 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
• Our measured 4,240 km² is 10.0% above Wikidata's official figure of 3,860 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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