Federal District is 1.13× the size of Chiba
Federal District (federal district of Brazil) covers about 5,790 km² (2,240 mi²) and Chiba (prefecture of Japan) about 5,110 km² (1,970 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 5,790km²Federal District
- 5,110km²Chiba
20 km
- Federal District
- Chiba
What fits
- Chiba is 88% of the size of Federal District.
- Federal District is larger by 681 km² (263 mi²), which is 13% of the area of Chiba.
- Measured in Belgiums: Federal District is about 0.19, Chiba about 0.17.
How they differ
- Federal District is larger, but Chiba has the larger population: 6.3 million against 2.8 million, 2.23× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 1,228 in Chiba against 486 in Federal District: Chiba is 2.53× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 17,700 km apart.
- On a standard web map Chiba looks larger than Federal District: Federal District at 16°S is drawn about 1.1× too large and Chiba at 36°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Chiba as 1.23× the size of Federal District, when Federal District is 1.13× the size of Chiba.
- Together Federal District and Chiba cover 10,900 km², close to the size of Kosovo (10,900 km², 0.1% bigger).
- The gap between them, 681 km², is about the size of Bahrain (688 km²).
- At Chiba's density, Federal District would have 7.1 million people (it has 2.8 million). At Federal District's density, Chiba would have 2.5 million (it has 6.3 million).
- Chiba's centre is 51.3° of latitude, about 5,700 km, farther north than Federal District's.
- Federal District is the 27th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
- 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.
- Chiba lies about 51° of latitude (roughly 5,700 km) north of Federal District, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Federal District would have about 2,060 m² and each person in Chiba about 810 m².
- Laid side by side, Federal District and Chiba would cover 10,900 km², about the same size as Jamaica.
- Together they have 9.1 million people, about as many people as Switzerland.
Side by side
| Federal District | Chiba | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | Federal DistrictBrazil | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 5,790 km²2,240 mi² | 5,110 km²1,970 mi² |
| Official area | 5,760 km²Wikidata | 5,160 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 27th of 27in Brazil | 27th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 2.8 millionWikidata, 2022 | 6.3 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 20th of 27in Brazil | 6th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 486 per km² | 1,228 per km² |
| Capital | Brasília | Chiba |
| Latitude range | 16°S to 15°S | 35°N to 36°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 5,760 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,790 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 5,160 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,110 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