Yamanashi is 1.15× the size of Cape Verde
Yamanashi (prefecture of Japan) covers about 4,510 km² (1,740 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.
- 4,510km²Yamanashi
- 3,930km²Cape Verde
50 km
- Yamanashi
- Cape Verde
What fits
- Cape Verde is 87% of the size of Yamanashi.
- Yamanashi is larger by 583 km² (225 mi²), which is 15% of the area of Cape Verde.
- Measured in Belgiums: Yamanashi is about 0.15, Cape Verde about 0.13.
How they differ
- Yamanashi also has the larger population: 804,000 against 556,000, 1.45× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 178 in Yamanashi against 142 in Cape Verde: Yamanashi is 1.26× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 14,000 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Yamanashi at 36°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Cape Verde at 16°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Yamanashi as 1.61× the size of Cape Verde instead of 1.15×.
- Together Yamanashi and Cape Verde cover 8,440 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 19% bigger).
- The gap between them, 583 km², is about the size of Isle of Man (575 km²).
- At Cape Verde's density, Yamanashi would have 639,000 people (it has 804,000). At Yamanashi's density, Cape Verde would have 700,000 (it has 556,000).
- Yamanashi's centre is 19.7° of latitude, about 2,190 km, farther north than Cape Verde's.
- Yamanashi is the 31st largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.2% of its area; it is the 33rd most densely populated of them.
- Cape Verde ranks 176th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Yamanashi lies about 20° of latitude (roughly 2,190 km) north of Cape Verde.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Yamanashi would have about 5,610 m² and each person in Cape Verde about 7,060 m².
- Laid side by side, Yamanashi and Cape Verde would cover 8,440 km², 84% of the size of Lebanon.
- Together they have 1.4 million people, about as many people as Trinidad and Tobago.
- Counted as a country, Yamanashi would rank 175th by area and 165th by population.
Side by side
| Yamanashi | Cape Verde | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | PrefectureJapan | CountryAfrica |
| Area, measured | 4,510 km²1,740 mi² | 3,930 km²1,520 mi² |
| Official area | 4,470 km²Wikidata | 4,030 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 31st of 47in Japan | 175th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 804,000Wikidata, 2021 | 556,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 42nd of 47in Japan | 171st of 237worldwide |
| Density | 178 per km² | 142 per km² |
| Capital | Kofu | Praia |
| Latitude range | 35°N to 36°N | 15°N to 17°N |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 4,470 km² agrees with our measured area of 4,510 km², to within 2%.
- 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