Yamaguchi is 1.02× the size of Colima

What fits

• Colima is 98% of the size of Yamaguchi.
• Yamaguchi is larger by 143 km² (55.3 mi²), which is 2.4% of the area of Colima.
• Measured in Belgiums: Yamaguchi is about 0.20, Colima about 0.19.

How they differ

• Yamaguchi also has the larger population: 1.3 million against 731,000, 1.83× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 222 in Yamaguchi against 124 in Colima: Yamaguchi is 1.78× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 11,700 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Yamaguchi at 34°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Colima at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Yamaguchi as 1.34× the size of Colima instead of 1.02×.
• Together Yamaguchi and Colima cover 11,900 km², close to the size of Falkland Islands (11,600 km², 2.5% smaller).
• The gap between them, 143 km², is about the size of Liechtenstein (137 km²).
• At Colima's density, Yamaguchi would have 749,000 people (it has 1.3 million). At Yamaguchi's density, Colima would have 1.3 million (it has 731,000).
• Yamaguchi's centre is 15.1° of latitude, about 1,670 km, farther north than Colima'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.
• Colima is the 28th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
• Yamaguchi lies about 15° of latitude (roughly 1,670 km) north of Colima.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Yamaguchi would have about 4,510 m² and each person in Colima about 8,040 m².
• Laid side by side, Yamaguchi and Colima would cover 11,900 km², 97% of the size of Vanuatu.
• Together they have 2.1 million people, about as many people as Slovenia.

Side by side

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

• Wikidata's official figure of 6,110 km² agrees with our measured area of 6,020 km², to within 2%.
• Our measured 5,880 km² is 4.5% above Wikidata's official figure of 5,630 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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