Federal District is 1.36× the size of Tokushima

Federal District (federal district of Brazil) covers about 5,790 km² (2,240 mi²) and Tokushima (prefecture of Japan) about 4,250 km² (1,640 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

5,790km²Federal District
4,250km²Tokushima

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Federal District
Tokushima

What fits

Tokushima is 73% of the size of Federal District.
Federal District is larger by 1,540 km² (596 mi²), which is 36% of the area of Tokushima.
Measured in Belgiums: Federal District is about 0.19, Tokushima about 0.14.

How they differ

Federal District also has the larger population: 2.8 million against 722,000, 3.90× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 486 in Federal District against 170 in Tokushima: Federal District is 2.86× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 18,000 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Federal District at 16°S is drawn about 1.1× too large and Tokushima at 34°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Federal District as 1.01× the size of Tokushima instead of 1.36×.
Together Federal District and Tokushima cover 10,000 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 0.4% smaller).
The gap between them, 1,540 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
At Tokushima's density, Federal District would have 984,000 people (it has 2.8 million). At Federal District's density, Tokushima would have 2.1 million (it has 722,000).
Tokushima's centre is 49.7° of latitude, about 5,520 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.
Tokushima is the 34th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 36th most densely populated of them.
Tokushima lies about 50° of latitude (roughly 5,520 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 Tokushima about 5,890 m².
Laid side by side, Federal District and Tokushima would cover 10,000 km², about the same size as Lebanon.
Together they have 3.5 million people, about as many people as Eritrea.

Side by side

	Federal District	Tokushima
Is a	Federal DistrictBrazil	PrefectureJapan
Area, measured	5,790 km²2,240 mi²	4,250 km²1,640 mi²
Official area	5,760 km²Wikidata	4,150 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	27th of 27in Brazil	34th of 47in Japan
Population	2.8 millionWikidata, 2022	722,000Wikidata, 2020
Rank by population	20th of 27in Brazil	44th of 47in Japan
Density	486 per km²	170 per km²
Capital	Brasília	Tokushima
Latitude range	16°S to 15°S	34°N to 34°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2020. 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 4,250 km² is 2.5% above Wikidata's official figure of 4,150 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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