Wakayama is 2.65× the size of Comoros
Wakayama (prefecture of Japan) covers about 4,430 km² (1,710 mi²) and Comoros (Africa) about 1,670 km² (646 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 4,430km²Wakayama
- 1,670km²Comoros
50 km
- Wakayama
- Comoros
What fits
- Comoros fits inside Wakayama about 2.65 times by area.
- Wakayama is larger by 2,760 km² (1,060 mi²), which is 165% of the area of Comoros.
- Measured in Belgiums: Wakayama is about 0.14, Comoros about 0.05.
How they differ
- Wakayama also has the larger population: 911,000 against 902,000, 1.01× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 540 in Comoros against 206 in Wakayama: Comoros is 2.62× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 10,900 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Wakayama at 34°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Comoros at 12°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Wakayama as 3.68× the size of Comoros instead of 2.65×.
- Together Wakayama and Comoros cover 6,100 km², close to the size of Palestine (6,070 km², 0.4% smaller).
- The gap between them, 2,760 km², is about the size of Samoa (2,780 km²).
- At Comoros's density, Wakayama would have 2.4 million people (it has 911,000). At Wakayama's density, Comoros would have 344,000 (it has 902,000).
- Wakayama's centre is 45.8° of latitude, about 5,090 km, farther north than Comoros'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.
- Comoros ranks 183rd of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Wakayama lies about 46° of latitude (roughly 5,090 km) north of Comoros, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Wakayama would have about 4,860 m² and each person in Comoros about 1,850 m².
- Laid side by side, Wakayama and Comoros would cover 6,100 km², 1.07× the size of Brunei.
- Together they have 1.8 million people, about as many people as North Macedonia.
- Comoros is drawn from 64 points: at a size under 2,500 km² the outline is a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.
- Counted as a country, Wakayama would rank 175th by area and 163rd by population.
Side by side
| Wakayama | Comoros | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | PrefectureJapan | CountryAfrica |
| Area, measured | 4,430 km²1,710 mi² | 1,670 km²646 mi² |
| Official area | 4,730 km²Wikidata | 2,030 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 32nd of 47in Japan | 182nd of 239worldwide |
| Population | 911,000Wikidata, 2021 | 902,000Wikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 40th of 47in Japan | 163rd of 237worldwide |
| Density | 206 per km² | 540 per km² |
| Capital | Wakayama | Moroni |
| Latitude range | 33°N to 34°N | 12°S to 11°S |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2022. 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 1,670 km² is 18% below Wikidata's official figure of 2,030 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 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