Wakayama is 1.13× the size of Cape Verde

Wakayama (prefecture of Japan) covers about 4,430 km² (1,710 mi²) and Cape Verde (Africa) about 3,930 km² (1,520 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

4,430km²Wakayama
3,930km²Cape Verde

50 km

Wakayama
Cape Verde

What fits

Cape Verde is 89% of the size of Wakayama.
Wakayama is larger by 502 km² (194 mi²), which is 13% of the area of Cape Verde.
Measured in Belgiums: Wakayama is about 0.14, Cape Verde about 0.13.

How they differ

Wakayama also has the larger population: 911,000 against 556,000, 1.64× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 206 in Wakayama against 142 in Cape Verde: Wakayama is 1.45× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 14,100 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Wakayama at 34°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Cape Verde at 16°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Wakayama as 1.51× the size of Cape Verde instead of 1.13×.
Together Wakayama and Cape Verde cover 8,360 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 20% bigger).
The gap between them, 502 km², is about the size of Singapore (511 km²).
At Cape Verde's density, Wakayama would have 627,000 people (it has 911,000). At Wakayama's density, Cape Verde would have 807,000 (it has 556,000).
Wakayama's centre is 18.0° of latitude, about 2,000 km, farther north than Cape Verde'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.
Cape Verde ranks 176th of 246 countries and territories by area.
Wakayama lies about 18° of latitude (roughly 2,000 km) north of Cape Verde.
Shared out evenly, each person in Wakayama would have about 4,860 m² and each person in Cape Verde about 7,060 m².
Laid side by side, Wakayama and Cape Verde would cover 8,360 km², 84% of the size of Lebanon.
Together they have 1.5 million people, 1.05× as many people as East Timor.
Counted as a country, Wakayama would rank 175th by area and 163rd by population.

Side by side

	Wakayama	Cape Verde
Is a	PrefectureJapan	CountryAfrica
Area, measured	4,430 km²1,710 mi²	3,930 km²1,520 mi²
Official area	4,730 km²Wikidata	4,030 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	32nd of 47in Japan	175th of 239worldwide
Population	911,000Wikidata, 2021	556,000Wikidata, 2020
Rank by population	40th of 47in Japan	171st of 237worldwide
Density	206 per km²	142 per km²
Capital	Wakayama	Praia
Latitude range	33°N to 34°N	15°N to 17°N

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2020. 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.
Our measured 3,930 km² is 2.6% below Wikidata's official figure of 4,030 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 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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