Belgium is 2.19× the size of Fukushima
Belgium (Europe) covers about 30,700 km² (11,800 mi²) and Fukushima (prefecture of Japan) about 14,000 km² (5,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 30,700km²Belgium
- 14,000km²Fukushima
50 km
- Belgium
- Fukushima
What fits
- Fukushima fits inside Belgium about 2.19 times by area.
- Belgium is larger by 16,700 km² (6,440 mi²), which is 119% of the area of Fukushima.
- Measured in Switzerlands: Belgium is about 0.74, Fukushima about 0.34.
How they differ
- Belgium also has the larger population: 11.8 million against 1.8 million, 6.48× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 386 in Belgium against 131 in Fukushima: Belgium is 2.95× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,310 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Belgium at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Fukushima at 37°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Belgium as 3.44× the size of Fukushima instead of 2.19×.
- Together Belgium and Fukushima cover 44,700 km², close to the size of Estonia (45,800 km², 2.6% bigger).
- The gap between them, 16,700 km², is about the size of Eswatini (17,100 km²).
- At Fukushima's density, Belgium would have 4.0 million people (it has 11.8 million). At Belgium's density, Fukushima would have 5.4 million (it has 1.8 million).
- Belgium's centre is 13.3° of latitude, about 1,470 km, farther north than Fukushima's.
- Belgium ranks 141st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Fukushima is the 3rd largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 3.7% of its area; it is the 40th most densely populated of them.
- Belgium lies about 13° of latitude (roughly 1,470 km) north of Fukushima.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Belgium would have about 2,590 m² and each person in Fukushima about 7,660 m².
- Laid side by side, Belgium and Fukushima would cover 44,700 km², about the same size as Estonia.
- Together they have 13.7 million people, about as many people as Burundi.
- Counted as a country, Fukushima would rank 160th by area and 153rd by population.
Side by side
| Belgium | Fukushima | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryEurope | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 30,700 km²11,800 mi² | 14,000 km²5,400 mi² |
| Official area | 30,700 km²Wikidata | 13,800 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 140th of 239worldwide | 3rd of 47in Japan |
| Population | 11.8 millionWikidata, 2025 | 1.8 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 80th of 237worldwide | 21st of 47in Japan |
| Density | 386 per km² | 131 per km² |
| Capital | Brussels | Fukushima |
| Latitude range | 49°N to 51°N | 37°N to 38°N |
Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 30,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,700 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 13,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 14,000 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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