Federal District is 1.56× the size of Tottori

Federal District (federal district of Brazil) covers about 5,790 km² (2,240 mi²) and Tottori (prefecture of Japan) about 3,700 km² (1,430 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

5,790km²Federal District
3,700km²Tottori

20 km

Federal District
Tottori

What fits

Tottori is 64% of the size of Federal District.
Federal District is larger by 2,090 km² (806 mi²), which is 56% of the area of Tottori.
Measured in Belgiums: Federal District is about 0.19, Tottori about 0.12.

How they differ

Federal District also has the larger population: 2.8 million against 550,000, 5.12× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 486 in Federal District against 148 in Tottori: Federal District is 3.28× 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 Tottori at 35°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Federal District as 1.12× the size of Tottori instead of 1.56×.
Together Federal District and Tottori cover 9,500 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 5.3% bigger).
The gap between them, 2,090 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
At Tottori's density, Federal District would have 860,000 people (it has 2.8 million). At Federal District's density, Tottori would have 1.8 million (it has 550,000).
Tottori's centre is 51.1° of latitude, about 5,690 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.
Tottori is the 41st largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.0% of its area; it is the 37th most densely populated of them.
Tottori lies about 51° of latitude (roughly 5,690 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 Tottori about 6,740 m².
Laid side by side, Federal District and Tottori would cover 9,500 km², 95% of the size of Lebanon.
Together they have 3.4 million people, about as many people as Mongolia.

Side by side

	Federal District	Tottori
Is a	Federal DistrictBrazil	PrefectureJapan
Area, measured	5,790 km²2,240 mi²	3,700 km²1,430 mi²
Official area	5,760 km²Wikidata	3,510 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	27th of 27in Brazil	41st of 47in Japan
Population	2.8 millionWikidata, 2022	550,000Wikidata, 2021
Rank by population	20th of 27in Brazil	47th of 47in Japan
Density	486 per km²	148 per km²
Capital	Brasília	Tottori
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%.
Our measured 3,700 km² is 5.6% above Wikidata's official figure of 3,510 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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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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