Calabria is 1.42× the size of Gifu

Calabria (region of Italy) covers about 15,100 km² (5,840 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.

15,100km²Calabria
10,700km²Gifu

50 km

Calabria
Gifu

What fits

Gifu is 71% of the size of Calabria.
Calabria is larger by 4,440 km² (1,710 mi²), which is 42% of the area of Gifu.
Measured in Belgiums: Calabria is about 0.49, Gifu about 0.35.

How they differ

Calabria is larger, but Gifu has the larger population: 2.0 million against 1.9 million, 1.01× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 185 in Gifu against 129 in Calabria: Gifu is 1.44× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,710 km apart.
Together Calabria and Gifu cover 25,800 km², close to the size of North Macedonia (25,400 km², 1.6% smaller).
The gap between them, 4,440 km², is about the size of Cape Verde (3,930 km²).
At Gifu's density, Calabria would have 2.8 million people (it has 1.9 million). At Calabria's density, Gifu would have 1.4 million (it has 2.0 million).
Calabria's centre is 3.3° of latitude, about 370 km, farther north than Gifu's.
Calabria is the 10th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 5.0% of its area; it is the 13th 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.
Calabria lies about 3° of latitude (roughly 367 km) north of Gifu.
Shared out evenly, each person in Calabria would have about 7,770 m² and each person in Gifu about 5,410 m².
Laid side by side, Calabria and Gifu would cover 25,800 km², about the same size as North Macedonia.
Together they have 3.9 million people, about as many people as Georgia.

Side by side

	Calabria	Gifu
Is a	RegionItaly	PrefectureJapan
Area, measured	15,100 km²5,840 mi²	10,700 km²4,130 mi²
Official area	15,200 km²Wikidata	10,600 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	10th of 20in Italy	7th of 47in Japan
Population	1.9 millionWikidata, 2019	2.0 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	10th of 20in Italy	17th of 47in Japan
Density	129 per km²	185 per km²
Capital	Catanzaro	Gifu
Latitude range	38°N to 40°N	35°N to 36°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 15,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 15,100 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 Calabria 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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