Abruzzo is 1.02× the size of Gifu

Abruzzo (region of Italy) covers about 10,900 km² (4,210 mi²) and Gifu (prefecture of Japan) about 10,700 km² (4,130 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

10,900km²Abruzzo
10,700km²Gifu

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Abruzzo
Gifu

What fits

Gifu is 98% of the size of Abruzzo.
Abruzzo is larger by 206 km² (79.6 mi²), which is 1.9% of the area of Gifu.
Measured in Belgiums: Abruzzo is about 0.36, Gifu about 0.35.

How they differ

Abruzzo is larger, but Gifu has the larger population: 2.0 million against 1.3 million, 1.51× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 185 in Gifu against 120 in Abruzzo: Gifu is 1.54× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,600 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Abruzzo at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Gifu at 36°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Abruzzo as 1.22× the size of Gifu instead of 1.02×.
Together Abruzzo and Gifu cover 21,600 km², close to the size of Djibouti (21,800 km², 1.3% bigger).
The gap between them, 206 km², is about the size of Aruba (170 km²).
At Gifu's density, Abruzzo would have 2.0 million people (it has 1.3 million). At Abruzzo's density, Gifu would have 1.3 million (it has 2.0 million).
Abruzzo's centre is 6.5° of latitude, about 720 km, farther north than Gifu's.
Abruzzo is the 13th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 3.6% of its area; it is the 14th most densely populated of them.
Gifu is the 7th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.9% of its area; it is the 30th most densely populated of them.
Abruzzo lies about 6° of latitude (roughly 719 km) north of Gifu.
Shared out evenly, each person in Abruzzo would have about 8,320 m² and each person in Gifu about 5,410 m².
Laid side by side, Abruzzo and Gifu would cover 21,600 km², about the same size as Djibouti.
Together they have 3.3 million people, 96% as many people as Mongolia.

Side by side

	Abruzzo	Gifu
Is a	RegionItaly	PrefectureJapan
Area, measured	10,900 km²4,210 mi²	10,700 km²4,130 mi²
Official area	10,800 km²Wikidata	10,600 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	13th of 20in Italy	7th of 47in Japan
Population	1.3 millionWikidata, 2019	2.0 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	14th of 20in Italy	17th of 47in Japan
Density	120 per km²	185 per km²
Capital	L'Aquila	Gifu
Latitude range	42°N to 43°N	35°N to 36°N

Population: Wikidata 2019 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 10,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 10,900 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 10,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 10,700 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Abruzzo is the provinces Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
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

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