Federal District is 1.50× the size of Nara

Federal District (federal district of Brazil) covers about 5,790 km² (2,240 mi²) and Nara (prefecture of Japan) about 3,850 km² (1,490 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

5,790km²Federal District
3,850km²Nara

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Federal District
Nara

What fits

Nara is 66% of the size of Federal District.
Federal District is larger by 1,940 km² (750 mi²), which is 50% of the area of Nara.
Measured in Belgiums: Federal District is about 0.19, Nara about 0.13.

How they differ

Federal District also has the larger population: 2.8 million against 1.3 million, 2.14× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 486 in Federal District against 343 in Nara: Federal District is 1.42× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 17,900 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Federal District at 16°S is drawn about 1.1× too large and Nara at 34°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Federal District as 1.11× the size of Nara instead of 1.50×.
Together Federal District and Nara cover 9,640 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 3.7% bigger).
The gap between them, 1,940 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
At Nara's density, Federal District would have 2.0 million people (it has 2.8 million). At Federal District's density, Nara would have 1.9 million (it has 1.3 million).
Nara's centre is 50.1° of latitude, about 5,570 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.
Nara is the 40th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.0% of its area; it is the 15th most densely populated of them.
Nara lies about 50° of latitude (roughly 5,570 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 Nara about 2,920 m².
Laid side by side, Federal District and Nara would cover 9,640 km², 96% of the size of Lebanon.
Together they have 4.1 million people, 1.05× as many people as Georgia.

Side by side

	Federal District	Nara
Is a	Federal DistrictBrazil	PrefectureJapan
Area, measured	5,790 km²2,240 mi²	3,850 km²1,490 mi²
Official area	5,760 km²Wikidata	3,690 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	27th of 27in Brazil	40th of 47in Japan
Population	2.8 millionWikidata, 2022	1.3 millionWikidata, 2021
Rank by population	20th of 27in Brazil	29th of 47in Japan
Density	486 per km²	343 per km²
Capital	Brasília	Nara
Latitude range	16°S to 15°S	34°N to 35°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%.
Our measured 3,850 km² is 4.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 3,690 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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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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