Wakayama is 1.89× the size of Australian Capital Territory

What fits

• Australian Capital Territory is 53% of the size of Wakayama.
• Wakayama is larger by 2,080 km² (803 mi²), which is 89% of the area of Australian Capital Territory.
• Measured in Belgiums: Wakayama is about 0.14, Australian Capital Territory about 0.08.

How they differ

• Wakayama also has the larger population: 911,000 against 482,000, 1.89× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 206 in Wakayama against 205 in Australian Capital Territory: Wakayama is 1.00× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 7,840 km apart.
• Together Wakayama and Australian Capital Territory cover 6,780 km², close to the size of Palestine (6,070 km², 10% smaller).
• The gap between them, 2,080 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
• At Australian Capital Territory's density, Wakayama would have 908,000 people (it has 911,000). At Wakayama's density, Australian Capital Territory would have 483,000 (it has 482,000).
• Wakayama's centre is 69.4° of latitude, about 7,720 km, farther north than Australian Capital Territory's.
• Wakayama is the 32nd largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.2% of its area; it is the 29th most densely populated of them.
• Australian Capital Territory is the 8th largest of the 8 states and territories of Australia and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
• Wakayama lies about 69° of latitude (roughly 7,720 km) north of Australian Capital Territory, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Wakayama would have about 4,860 m² and each person in Australian Capital Territory about 4,880 m².
• Laid side by side, Wakayama and Australian Capital Territory would cover 6,780 km², 1.19× the size of Brunei.
• Together they have 1.4 million people, about as many people as East Timor.
• Australian Capital Territory is drawn from 52 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

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2024. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Our measured 4,430 km² is 6.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 4,730 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
• Wikidata's official figure of 2,360 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,350 km², to within 2%.

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