Friuli-Venezia Giulia is 1.07× the size of Shimane

Friuli-Venezia Giulia (region of Italy) covers about 7,340 km² (2,830 mi²) and Shimane (prefecture of Japan) about 6,880 km² (2,660 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

7,340km²Friuli-Venezia Giulia
6,880km²Shimane

50 km

Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Shimane

What fits

Shimane is 94% of the size of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
Friuli-Venezia Giulia is larger by 464 km² (179 mi²), which is 6.7% of the area of Shimane.
Measured in Belgiums: Friuli-Venezia Giulia is about 0.24, Shimane about 0.22.

How they differ

Friuli-Venezia Giulia also has the larger population: 1.2 million against 665,000, 1.83× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 166 in Friuli-Venezia Giulia against 97 in Shimane: Friuli-Venezia Giulia is 1.71× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,140 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Friuli-Venezia Giulia at 46°N is drawn about 2.1× too large and Shimane at 35°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Friuli-Venezia Giulia as 1.49× the size of Shimane instead of 1.07×.
Together Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Shimane cover 14,200 km², close to the size of Montenegro (13,700 km², 3.5% smaller).
The gap between them, 464 km², is about the size of Curaçao (463 km²).
At Shimane's density, Friuli-Venezia Giulia would have 709,000 people (it has 1.2 million). At Friuli-Venezia Giulia's density, Shimane would have 1.1 million (it has 665,000).
Friuli-Venezia Giulia's centre is 11.1° of latitude, about 1,230 km, farther north than Shimane'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.
Shimane is the 19th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.8% of its area; it is the 44th most densely populated of them.
Friuli-Venezia Giulia lies about 11° of latitude (roughly 1,230 km) north of Shimane.
Shared out evenly, each person in Friuli-Venezia Giulia would have about 6,040 m² and each person in Shimane about 10,350 m².
Laid side by side, Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Shimane would cover 14,200 km², 1.04× the size of Montenegro.
Together they have 1.9 million people, about as many people as Guinea-Bissau.

Side by side

	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	Shimane
Is a	RegionItaly	PrefectureJapan
Area, measured	7,340 km²2,830 mi²	6,880 km²2,660 mi²
Official area	7,860 km²Wikidata	6,710 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	17th of 20in Italy	19th of 47in Japan
Population	1.2 millionWikidata, 2019	665,000Wikidata, 2021
Rank by population	15th of 20in Italy	46th of 47in Japan
Density	166 per km²	97 per km²
Capital	Trieste	Matsue
Latitude range	46°N to 47°N	34°N to 36°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 6,880 km² is 2.5% above Wikidata's official figure of 6,710 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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