Yamaguchi is 1.16× the size of Delaware

What fits

• Delaware is 86% of the size of Yamaguchi.
• Yamaguchi is larger by 850 km² (328 mi²), which is 16% of the area of Delaware.
• Measured in Belgiums: Yamaguchi is about 0.20, Delaware about 0.17.

How they differ

• Yamaguchi also has the larger population: 1.3 million against 990,000, 1.35× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 222 in Yamaguchi against 191 in Delaware: Yamaguchi is 1.16× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 11,400 km apart.
• Together Yamaguchi and Delaware cover 11,200 km², close to the size of Qatar (11,200 km², 0.4% smaller).
• The gap between them, 850 km², is about the size of Åland (942 km²).
• At Delaware's density, Yamaguchi would have 1.2 million people (it has 1.3 million). At Yamaguchi's density, Delaware would have 1.1 million (it has 990,000).
• Delaware's centre is 4.8° of latitude, about 530 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.
• Delaware is the 49th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
• Delaware lies about 5° of latitude (roughly 534 km) north of Yamaguchi.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Yamaguchi would have about 4,510 m² and each person in Delaware about 5,220 m².
• Laid side by side, Yamaguchi and Delaware would cover 11,200 km², about the same size as Qatar.
• Together they have 2.3 million people, 97% as many people as Moldova.

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 5,170 km² is 20% below Wikidata's official figure of 6,450 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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