Sardinia is an island of Italy located in the Mediterranean sea, whereas Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the northwest Pacific Ocean. Today in this article, we will discuss the comparison between Sardinia and Japan regarding various aspects.
Size
Is Sardinia bigger than Japan?
The total area of Sardinia is 24,090 sq km, and the total area of Japan is 377,975 sq km. Sardinia is bigger than Japan by 353,885 sq km. Sardinia is around 15.7 times bigger than Japan.
Area of Sardinia: 24,090 sq mi ( 9,300 km2 )
Area of Japan: 145,937 sq mi ( 377,975 km2 )
Population
According to the Eurostat data, the total population of Sardinia as of 2019 was estimated to be around 1.64 Million.
Based on the Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data, the current population of Japan as of 7th June 2021, is 126,119,008.
Here is some more data comparison between Sardinia and Japan.
The capital city of Sardinia is Cagliari, and the capital city of Japan is Tokyo.
Official Languages
Sardinia: Italian
Japan: Japanese
Human Development Index
HDI of Sardinia as of 2018: 0.858
HDI of Japan as of 2019: 0.919
Sardinia Timezone:
UTC + 1 (Central European Time)
Summer (DST):
UTC + 2 (Central European Summer Time)
Japan Timezone:
UTC + 9 (Japan Standard Time)
Geological Coordinates
Coordinates of Sardinia:
40° 0′ 0″ N, 9° 0′ 0″ E
Coordinates of Japan:
36° 0′ 0″ N, 138° 0′ 0″ E
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