Federal District is 1.44× the size of Shiga
Federal District (federal district of Brazil) covers about 5,790 km² (2,240 mi²) and Shiga (prefecture of Japan) about 4,010 km² (1,550 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 5,790km²Federal District
- 4,010km²Shiga
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- Federal District
- Shiga
What fits
- Shiga is 69% of the size of Federal District.
- Federal District is larger by 1,780 km² (689 mi²), which is 44% of the area of Shiga.
- Measured in Belgiums: Federal District is about 0.19, Shiga about 0.13.
How they differ
- Federal District also has the larger population: 2.8 million against 1.4 million, 2.00× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 486 in Federal District against 352 in Shiga: Federal District is 1.38× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 17,800 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Federal District at 16°S is drawn about 1.1× too large and Shiga at 35°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Federal District as 1.04× the size of Shiga instead of 1.44×.
- Together Federal District and Shiga cover 9,800 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 2.1% bigger).
- The gap between them, 1,780 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
- At Shiga's density, Federal District would have 2.0 million people (it has 2.8 million). At Federal District's density, Shiga would have 1.9 million (it has 1.4 million).
- Shiga's centre is 51.0° of latitude, about 5,670 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.
- Shiga is the 37th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 14th most densely populated of them.
- Shiga lies about 51° of latitude (roughly 5,670 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 Shiga about 2,840 m².
- Laid side by side, Federal District and Shiga would cover 9,800 km², about the same size as Lebanon.
- Together they have 4.2 million people, 95% as many people as Kuwait.
Side by side
| Federal District | Shiga | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | Federal DistrictBrazil | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 5,790 km²2,240 mi² | 4,010 km²1,550 mi² |
| Official area | 5,760 km²Wikidata | 4,020 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 27th of 27in Brazil | 37th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 2.8 millionWikidata, 2022 | 1.4 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 20th of 27in Brazil | 26th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 486 per km² | 352 per km² |
| Capital | Brasília | Otsu |
| 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 4,020 km² agrees with our measured area of 4,010 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