Vanuatu is 1.05× the size of Akita

Vanuatu (Oceania) covers about 12,300 km² (4,750 mi²) and Akita (prefecture of Japan) about 11,700 km² (4,530 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

12,300km²Vanuatu
11,700km²Akita

100 km

Vanuatu
Akita

What fits

Akita is 95% of the size of Vanuatu.
Vanuatu is larger by 575 km² (222 mi²), which is 4.9% of the area of Akita.
Measured in Belgiums: Vanuatu is about 0.40, Akita about 0.38.

How they differ

Vanuatu is larger, but Akita has the larger population: 946,000 against 300,000, 3.15× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 81 in Akita against 24 in Vanuatu: Akita is 3.31× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 6,830 km apart.
On a standard web map Akita looks larger than Vanuatu: Vanuatu at 16°S is drawn about 1.1× too large and Akita at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Akita as 1.49× the size of Vanuatu, when Vanuatu is 1.05× the size of Akita.
Together Vanuatu and Akita cover 24,000 km², close to the size of Rwanda (25,300 km², 5.4% bigger).
The gap between them, 575 km², is about the size of Isle of Man (575 km²).
At Akita's density, Vanuatu would have 993,000 people (it has 300,000). At Vanuatu's density, Akita would have 286,000 (it has 946,000).
Akita's centre is 55.9° of latitude, about 6,220 km, farther north than Vanuatu's.
Vanuatu ranks 163rd of 246 countries and territories by area.
Akita is the 6th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 3.1% of its area; it is the 45th most densely populated of them.
Akita lies about 56° of latitude (roughly 6,220 km) north of Vanuatu, on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Vanuatu would have about 40,990 m² and each person in Akita about 12,390 m².
Laid side by side, Vanuatu and Akita would cover 24,000 km², 95% of the size of Rwanda.
Together they have 1.2 million people, about as many people as Eswatini.
Counted as a country, Akita would rank 163rd by area and 162nd by population.

Side by side

	Vanuatu	Akita
Is a	CountryOceania	PrefectureJapan
Area, measured	12,300 km²4,750 mi²	11,700 km²4,530 mi²
Official area	12,200 km²Wikidata	11,600 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	162nd of 239worldwide	6th of 47in Japan
Population	300,000Wikidata, 2020	946,000Wikidata, 2021
Rank by population	179th of 237worldwide	39th of 47in Japan
Density	24 per km²	81 per km²
Capital	Port Vila	Akita
Latitude range	20°S to 13°S	39°N to 41°N

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 12,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 12,300 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 11,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 11,700 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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

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