Yucatán is 5.12× the size of Miyagi

What fits

• Miyagi fits inside Yucatán about 5.12 times by area.
• Yucatán is larger by 30,900 km² (11,900 mi²), which is 412% of the area of Miyagi.
• Measured in Belgiums: Yucatán is about 1.25, Miyagi about 0.24.

How they differ

• Yucatán also has the larger population: 2.3 million against 2.3 million, 1.01× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 305 in Miyagi against 60 in Yucatán: Miyagi is 5.04× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 11,600 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Yucatán at 21°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Miyagi at 38°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Yucatán as 3.59× the size of Miyagi instead of 5.12×.
• Together Yucatán and Miyagi cover 45,900 km², close to the size of Estonia (45,800 km², 0.1% smaller).
• The gap between them, 30,900 km², is about the size of Belgium (30,700 km²).
• At Miyagi's density, Yucatán would have 11.7 million people (it has 2.3 million). At Yucatán's density, Miyagi would have 454,000 (it has 2.3 million).
• Miyagi's centre is 17.7° of latitude, about 1,960 km, farther north than Yucatán's.
• Yucatán is the 20th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 2.0% of its area; it is the 17th most densely populated of them.
• Miyagi is the 15th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.0% of its area; it is the 20th most densely populated of them.
• Miyagi lies about 18° of latitude (roughly 1,960 km) north of Yucatán.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Yucatán would have about 16,540 m² and each person in Miyagi about 3,280 m².
• Laid side by side, Yucatán and Miyagi would cover 45,900 km², about the same size as Estonia.
• Together they have 4.6 million people, about as many people as Panama.

Side by side

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

• Our measured 38,400 km² is 3.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 39,600 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
• Our measured 7,500 km² is 3.0% above Wikidata's official figure of 7,280 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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