Brandenburg is 6.51× the size of Kyoto

Brandenburg (state of Germany) covers about 30,000 km² (11,600 mi²) and Kyoto (prefecture of Japan) about 4,610 km² (1,780 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

30,000km²Brandenburg
4,610km²Kyoto

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Brandenburg
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What fits

Kyoto fits inside Brandenburg about 6.51 times by area.
Brandenburg is larger by 25,400 km² (9,820 mi²), which is 551% of the area of Kyoto.
Measured in Belgiums: Brandenburg is about 0.98, Kyoto about 0.15.

How they differ

Brandenburg is larger, but Kyoto has the larger population: 2.6 million against 2.5 million, 1.01× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 556 in Kyoto against 84 in Brandenburg: Kyoto is 6.59× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,770 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Brandenburg at 52°N is drawn about 2.7× too large and Kyoto at 35°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Brandenburg as 11.7× the size of Kyoto instead of 6.51×.
Together Brandenburg and Kyoto cover 34,600 km², close to the size of Moldova (33,200 km², 4.2% smaller).
The gap between them, 25,400 km², is about the size of North Macedonia (25,400 km²).
At Kyoto's density, Brandenburg would have 16.7 million people (it has 2.5 million). At Brandenburg's density, Kyoto would have 389,000 (it has 2.6 million).
Brandenburg's centre is 17.2° of latitude, about 1,910 km, farther north than Kyoto's.
Brandenburg is the 5th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 8.4% of its area; it is the 15th most densely populated of them.
Kyoto is the 30th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.2% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
Brandenburg lies about 17° of latitude (roughly 1,910 km) north of Kyoto.
Shared out evenly, each person in Brandenburg would have about 11,850 m² and each person in Kyoto about 1,800 m².
Laid side by side, Brandenburg and Kyoto would cover 34,600 km², 1.04× the size of Moldova.
Together they have 5.1 million people, about as many people as Nicaragua.

Side by side

	Brandenburg	Kyoto
Is a	StateGermany	PrefectureJapan
Area, measured	30,000 km²11,600 mi²	4,610 km²1,780 mi²
Official area	29,500 km²Wikidata	4,610 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	5th of 16in Germany	30th of 47in Japan
Population	2.5 millionWikidata, 2022	2.6 millionWikidata, 2021
Rank by population	10th of 16in Germany	13th of 47in Japan
Density	84 per km²	556 per km²
Capital	Potsdam	Kyoto
Latitude range	51°N to 54°N	35°N to 36°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 29,500 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 4,610 km² agrees with our measured area of 4,610 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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