Yamaguchi is 1.13× the size of Cantabria
Yamaguchi (prefecture of Japan) covers about 6,020 km² (2,320 mi²) and Cantabria (autonomous community of Spain) about 5,350 km² (2,060 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 6,020km²Yamaguchi
- 5,350km²Cantabria
50 km
- Yamaguchi
- Cantabria
What fits
- Cantabria is 89% of the size of Yamaguchi.
- Yamaguchi is larger by 674 km² (260 mi²), which is 13% of the area of Cantabria.
- Measured in Belgiums: Yamaguchi is about 0.20, Cantabria about 0.17.
How they differ
- Yamaguchi also has the larger population: 1.3 million against 592,000, 2.26× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 222 in Yamaguchi against 111 in Cantabria: Yamaguchi is 2.01× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 10,300 km apart.
- On a standard web map Cantabria looks larger than Yamaguchi: Yamaguchi at 34°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Cantabria at 43°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Cantabria as 1.14× the size of Yamaguchi, when Yamaguchi is 1.13× the size of Cantabria.
- Together Yamaguchi and Cantabria cover 11,400 km², close to the size of Qatar (11,200 km², 1.9% smaller).
- The gap between them, 674 km², is about the size of Bahrain (688 km²).
- At Cantabria's density, Yamaguchi would have 666,000 people (it has 1.3 million). At Yamaguchi's density, Cantabria would have 1.2 million (it has 592,000).
- Cantabria's centre is 9.0° of latitude, about 1,000 km, farther north than Yamaguchi's.
- Yamaguchi is the 24th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.6% of its area; it is the 28th most densely populated of them.
- Cantabria is the 15th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
- Cantabria lies about 9° of latitude (roughly 1,000 km) north of Yamaguchi.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Yamaguchi would have about 4,510 m² and each person in Cantabria about 9,040 m².
- Laid side by side, Yamaguchi and Cantabria would cover 11,400 km², about the same size as Qatar.
- Together they have 1.9 million people, 1.04× as many people as Guinea-Bissau.
Side by side
| Yamaguchi | Cantabria | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | PrefectureJapan | Autonomous communitySpain |
| Area, measured | 6,020 km²2,320 mi² | 5,350 km²2,060 mi² |
| Official area | 6,110 km²Wikidata | 5,320 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 24th of 47in Japan | 15th of 19in Spain |
| Population | 1.3 millionWikidata, 2021 | 592,000Wikidata, 2024 |
| Rank by population | 27th of 47in Japan | 16th of 19in Spain |
| Density | 222 per km² | 111 per km² |
| Capital | Yamaguchi | Santander |
| Latitude range | 34°N to 35°N | 43°N to 44°N |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2024. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 6,110 km² agrees with our measured area of 6,020 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 5,320 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,350 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, 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