Friuli-Venezia Giulia is 1.01× the size of Kumamoto

Friuli-Venezia Giulia (region of Italy) covers about 7,340 km² (2,830 mi²) and Kumamoto (prefecture of Japan) about 7,250 km² (2,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

7,340km²Friuli-Venezia Giulia
7,250km²Kumamoto

20 km

Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Kumamoto

What fits

Kumamoto is 99% of the size of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
Friuli-Venezia Giulia is larger by 87.6 km² (33.8 mi²), which is 1.2% of the area of Kumamoto.
Measured in Belgiums: Friuli-Venezia Giulia is about 0.24, Kumamoto about 0.24.

How they differ

Friuli-Venezia Giulia is larger, but Kumamoto has the larger population: 1.7 million against 1.2 million, 1.43× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 239 in Kumamoto against 166 in Friuli-Venezia Giulia: Kumamoto is 1.44× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,260 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Friuli-Venezia Giulia at 46°N is drawn about 2.1× too large and Kumamoto at 33°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Friuli-Venezia Giulia as 1.50× the size of Kumamoto instead of 1.01×.
Together Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Kumamoto cover 14,600 km², close to the size of East Timor (15,100 km², 3.3% bigger).
The gap between them, 87.6 km², is about the size of Maldives (109 km²).
At Kumamoto's density, Friuli-Venezia Giulia would have 1.8 million people (it has 1.2 million). At Friuli-Venezia Giulia's density, Kumamoto would have 1.2 million (it has 1.7 million).
Friuli-Venezia Giulia's centre is 13.6° of latitude, about 1,510 km, farther north than Kumamoto's.
Friuli-Venezia Giulia is the 17th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 2.4% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
Kumamoto is the 16th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.9% of its area; it is the 25th most densely populated of them.
Friuli-Venezia Giulia lies about 14° of latitude (roughly 1,510 km) north of Kumamoto.
Shared out evenly, each person in Friuli-Venezia Giulia would have about 6,040 m² and each person in Kumamoto about 4,190 m².
Laid side by side, Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Kumamoto would cover 14,600 km², 97% of the size of East Timor.
Together they have 2.9 million people, about as many people as Armenia.

Side by side

	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	Kumamoto
Is a	RegionItaly	PrefectureJapan
Area, measured	7,340 km²2,830 mi²	7,250 km²2,800 mi²
Official area	7,860 km²Wikidata	7,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	17th of 20in Italy	16th of 47in Japan
Population	1.2 millionWikidata, 2019	1.7 millionWikidata, 2021
Rank by population	15th of 20in Italy	23rd of 47in Japan
Density	166 per km²	239 per km²
Capital	Trieste	Kumamoto
Latitude range	46°N to 47°N	32°N to 33°N

Population: Wikidata 2019 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 7,340 km² is 6.6% below Wikidata's official figure of 7,860 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
Our measured 7,250 km² is 2.0% below Wikidata's official figure of 7,400 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. The outline of Friuli-Venezia Giulia is the provinces Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
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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