Akita is 1.04× the size of Murcia

Akita (prefecture of Japan) covers about 11,700 km² (4,530 mi²) and Murcia (autonomous community of Spain) about 11,300 km² (4,370 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

11,700km²Akita
11,300km²Murcia

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What fits

Murcia is 96% of the size of Akita.
Akita is larger by 413 km² (159 mi²), which is 3.6% of the area of Murcia.
Measured in Belgiums: Akita is about 0.38, Murcia about 0.37.

How they differ

Akita is larger, but Murcia has the larger population: 1.6 million against 946,000, 1.66× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 139 in Murcia against 81 in Akita: Murcia is 1.72× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,500 km apart.
Together Akita and Murcia cover 23,000 km², close to the size of Belize (22,300 km², 3.2% smaller).
The gap between them, 413 km², is about the size of Seychelles (436 km²).
At Murcia's density, Akita would have 1.6 million people (it has 946,000). At Akita's density, Murcia would have 913,000 (it has 1.6 million).
Akita's centre is 1.7° of latitude, about 190 km, farther north than Murcia'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.
Murcia is the 9th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 2.2% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
Both lie at about the same latitude, 40°N and 38°N.
Shared out evenly, each person in Akita would have about 12,390 m² and each person in Murcia about 7,190 m².
Laid side by side, Akita and Murcia would cover 23,000 km², 1.03× the size of Belize.
Together they have 2.5 million people, about as many people as Namibia.

Side by side

	Akita	Murcia
Is a	PrefectureJapan	Autonomous communitySpain
Area, measured	11,700 km²4,530 mi²	11,300 km²4,370 mi²
Official area	11,600 km²Wikidata	11,300 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	6th of 47in Japan	9th of 19in Spain
Population	946,000Wikidata, 2021	1.6 millionWikidata, 2024
Rank by population	39th of 47in Japan	10th of 19in Spain
Density	81 per km²	139 per km²
Capital	Akita	Murcia City
Latitude range	39°N to 41°N	37°N to 39°N

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2024. 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 11,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 11,300 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
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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