Chiba is 1.96× the size of Luxembourg
Chiba (prefecture of Japan) covers about 5,110 km² (1,970 mi²) and Luxembourg (Europe) about 2,610 km² (1,010 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 5,110km²Chiba
- 2,610km²Luxembourg
20 km
- Chiba
- Luxembourg
What fits
- Luxembourg is 51% of the size of Chiba.
- Chiba is larger by 2,500 km² (966 mi²), which is 96% of the area of Luxembourg.
- Measured in Belgiums: Chiba is about 0.17, Luxembourg about 0.09.
How they differ
- Chiba also has the larger population: 6.3 million against 691,000, 9.09× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 1,228 in Chiba against 265 in Luxembourg: Chiba is 4.64× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,510 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Chiba at 36°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Luxembourg at 50°N about 2.4×, so the map shows Chiba as 1.23× the size of Luxembourg instead of 1.96×.
- Together Chiba and Luxembourg cover 7,720 km², close to the size of Palestine (6,070 km², 21% smaller).
- The gap between them, 2,500 km², is about the size of Samoa (2,780 km²).
- At Luxembourg's density, Chiba would have 1.4 million people (it has 6.3 million). At Chiba's density, Luxembourg would have 3.2 million (it has 691,000).
- Luxembourg's centre is 14.3° of latitude, about 1,590 km, farther north than Chiba's.
- Chiba is the 27th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.4% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
- Luxembourg ranks 181st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Luxembourg lies about 14° of latitude (roughly 1,590 km) north of Chiba.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Chiba would have about 810 m² and each person in Luxembourg about 3,780 m².
- Laid side by side, Chiba and Luxembourg would cover 7,720 km², 77% of the size of Lebanon.
- Together they have 7.0 million people, about as many people as Laos.
- Counted as a country, Chiba would rank 175th by area and 111th by population.
Side by side
| Chiba | Luxembourg | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | PrefectureJapan | CountryEurope |
| Area, measured | 5,110 km²1,970 mi² | 2,610 km²1,010 mi² |
| Official area | 5,160 km²Wikidata | 2,590 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 27th of 47in Japan | 180th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 6.3 millionWikidata, 2021 | 691,000Wikidata, 2026 |
| Rank by population | 6th of 47in Japan | 166th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 1,228 per km² | 265 per km² |
| Capital | Chiba | Luxembourg |
| Latitude range | 35°N to 36°N | 49°N to 50°N |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2026. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 5,160 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,110 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 2,590 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,610 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