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You all know the map of the Naruto World. What I wondered is "just how big are those countries?" Unfortunately the maps shown so far don't have a scale.
But i remembered that the manga made some statements on how long traveling from one country to the next will take.
The most exact statement I could find was mentioned by both Baki and Neji in the Gaara rescue arc. Both say that it would take three days for a Ninja to get from Konohagakure to Sunagakure. (http://www.onemanga.com/Naruto/253/07/)
(http://www.onemanga.com/Naruto/253/20-21/)
So I just did the math.
Traveling Speed * Hours of traveling per day * amount of days * Route factor = Distance
Traveling Speed
Now that is hard to estimate, but I used values between 30km/h and 60km/h.
As an example Usain Bolt had an average speed of roughlxy 40km/h when he broke the 100m world record in Beijing.
To me the shinobi of Naruto seem to be faster than him, but who knows.
Hours of traveling per day
I would guess that when saying traveling for "three days" would include stops for sleeping and eating. However Tenten's statement here threw me off a bit: (http://www.onemanga.com/Naruto/255/08/)
Either it means they have been traveling for 24 hours straight, or that they have been traveling since the early morning until afternoon. I could Gai and Lee see pulling of the former, but I think what Tenten meant was the latter. Otherwise she might have said for an entrie day and and night, or something...
I approximated that a very fast travel usually would include 16hours of movement per day. (7hours sleeping, 1hour for eating etc.) [But a not-rushed, travel would be more like 12hours per day.]
amount of days
By saying "it takes three days" you would usually mean "it takes something between 2 and 3 days". You start at the morning, travel two days straight through, and somewhen during the course of the third day reach your destination.
So I chose 2.5 days.
Route factor
Now, the thing is, that you don't travel in a straight line.
While it's easier to go straight when traveling by foot, you will still have to make a detour sometimes.
Then there's mountains and valleys, you'll have to go up and down. You have to take that into account, too.
I have to say that i have no real knowledge of how big all those things sum up, so I have to guess. I estimated that the distance as the crow flies is roughly 60% of the distance path you actually travel. So the route factor is "0.6".
However you might play around with this value.
RESULT
The result is 720km for a traveling speed of 30km/h,
1080km for a traveling speed of 45km/h
and 1440km for a traveling speed of 60km/h.
720km is roughly the distance of Hamburg (Germany) - Paris (France)
1080km is roughly the distance of Paris (France) - Madrid (Spain)
1440km is roughly the distance of Paris (France) - Lisbon (Portugal)
However, if you slightly change the values, you'll end up with distances that are just 340km (London - Paris) or even 3500km (Helsinki - Lisbon)
For the time being though, i would say that western europe is roughly the same size as the Naruto world shown in the maps so far.
The Fire Country is roughly one and a half times as big as France or Spain. The Water Country has roughly the same size as Britain. The smaller nations have sizes comparable to Austria, the Czech Republic, Greece or Portugal. The other Big countries are difficult, because you can't see their entire border.
But i remembered that the manga made some statements on how long traveling from one country to the next will take.
The most exact statement I could find was mentioned by both Baki and Neji in the Gaara rescue arc. Both say that it would take three days for a Ninja to get from Konohagakure to Sunagakure. (http://www.onemanga.com/Naruto/253/07/)
(http://www.onemanga.com/Naruto/253/20-21/)
So I just did the math.
Traveling Speed * Hours of traveling per day * amount of days * Route factor = Distance
Traveling Speed
Now that is hard to estimate, but I used values between 30km/h and 60km/h.
As an example Usain Bolt had an average speed of roughlxy 40km/h when he broke the 100m world record in Beijing.
To me the shinobi of Naruto seem to be faster than him, but who knows.
Hours of traveling per day
I would guess that when saying traveling for "three days" would include stops for sleeping and eating. However Tenten's statement here threw me off a bit: (http://www.onemanga.com/Naruto/255/08/)
Either it means they have been traveling for 24 hours straight, or that they have been traveling since the early morning until afternoon. I could Gai and Lee see pulling of the former, but I think what Tenten meant was the latter. Otherwise she might have said for an entrie day and and night, or something...
I approximated that a very fast travel usually would include 16hours of movement per day. (7hours sleeping, 1hour for eating etc.) [But a not-rushed, travel would be more like 12hours per day.]
amount of days
By saying "it takes three days" you would usually mean "it takes something between 2 and 3 days". You start at the morning, travel two days straight through, and somewhen during the course of the third day reach your destination.
So I chose 2.5 days.
Route factor
Now, the thing is, that you don't travel in a straight line.
While it's easier to go straight when traveling by foot, you will still have to make a detour sometimes.
Then there's mountains and valleys, you'll have to go up and down. You have to take that into account, too.
I have to say that i have no real knowledge of how big all those things sum up, so I have to guess. I estimated that the distance as the crow flies is roughly 60% of the distance path you actually travel. So the route factor is "0.6".
However you might play around with this value.
RESULT
The result is 720km for a traveling speed of 30km/h,
1080km for a traveling speed of 45km/h
and 1440km for a traveling speed of 60km/h.
720km is roughly the distance of Hamburg (Germany) - Paris (France)
1080km is roughly the distance of Paris (France) - Madrid (Spain)
1440km is roughly the distance of Paris (France) - Lisbon (Portugal)
However, if you slightly change the values, you'll end up with distances that are just 340km (London - Paris) or even 3500km (Helsinki - Lisbon)
For the time being though, i would say that western europe is roughly the same size as the Naruto world shown in the maps so far.
The Fire Country is roughly one and a half times as big as France or Spain. The Water Country has roughly the same size as Britain. The smaller nations have sizes comparable to Austria, the Czech Republic, Greece or Portugal. The other Big countries are difficult, because you can't see their entire border.
