Akita is 1.08× the size of Abruzzo

Akita (prefecture of Japan) covers about 11,700 km² (4,530 mi²) and Abruzzo (region of Italy) about 10,900 km² (4,210 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

11,700km²Akita
10,900km²Abruzzo

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What fits

Abruzzo is 93% of the size of Akita.
Akita is larger by 830 km² (321 mi²), which is 7.6% of the area of Abruzzo.
Measured in Belgiums: Akita is about 0.38, Abruzzo about 0.36.

How they differ

Akita is larger, but Abruzzo has the larger population: 1.3 million against 946,000, 1.38× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 120 in Abruzzo against 81 in Akita: Abruzzo is 1.49× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,430 km apart.
On a standard web map Abruzzo looks larger than Akita: Akita at 40°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Abruzzo at 42°N about 1.8×, so the map shows Abruzzo as 1.00× the size of Akita, when Akita is 1.08× the size of Abruzzo.
Together Akita and Abruzzo cover 22,600 km², close to the size of Belize (22,300 km², 1.4% smaller).
The gap between them, 830 km², is about the size of Åland (942 km²).
At Abruzzo's density, Akita would have 1.4 million people (it has 946,000). At Akita's density, Abruzzo would have 879,000 (it has 1.3 million).
Abruzzo's centre is 2.5° of latitude, about 280 km, farther north than Akita's.
Akita is the 6th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 3.1% of its area; it is the 45th most densely populated of them.
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.
Abruzzo lies about 2° of latitude (roughly 276 km) north of Akita.
Shared out evenly, each person in Akita would have about 12,390 m² and each person in Abruzzo about 8,320 m².
Laid side by side, Akita and Abruzzo would cover 22,600 km², about the same size as Belize.
Together they have 2.3 million people, 94% as many people as Moldova.

Side by side

	Akita	Abruzzo
Is a	PrefectureJapan	RegionItaly
Area, measured	11,700 km²4,530 mi²	10,900 km²4,210 mi²
Official area	11,600 km²Wikidata	10,800 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	6th of 47in Japan	13th of 20in Italy
Population	946,000Wikidata, 2021	1.3 millionWikidata, 2019
Rank by population	39th of 47in Japan	14th of 20in Italy
Density	81 per km²	120 per km²
Capital	Akita	L'Aquila
Latitude range	39°N to 41°N	42°N to 43°N

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2019. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 11,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 11,700 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 10,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 10,900 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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