Fukui is 1.62× the size of Luxembourg
Fukui (prefecture of Japan) covers about 4,220 km² (1,630 mi²) and Luxembourg (Europe) about 2,610 km² (1,010 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 4,220km²Fukui
- 2,610km²Luxembourg
20 km
- Fukui
- Luxembourg
What fits
- Luxembourg is 62% of the size of Fukui.
- Fukui is larger by 1,610 km² (622 mi²), which is 62% of the area of Luxembourg.
- Measured in Belgiums: Fukui is about 0.14, Luxembourg about 0.09.
How they differ
- Fukui also has the larger population: 765,000 against 691,000, 1.11× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 265 in Luxembourg against 181 in Fukui: Luxembourg is 1.46× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,310 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Fukui at 36°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Luxembourg at 50°N about 2.4×, so the map shows Fukui as 1.03× the size of Luxembourg instead of 1.62×.
- Together Fukui and Luxembourg cover 6,830 km², close to the size of Palestine (6,070 km², 11% smaller).
- The gap between them, 1,610 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
- At Luxembourg's density, Fukui would have 1.1 million people (it has 765,000). At Fukui's density, Luxembourg would have 473,000 (it has 691,000).
- Luxembourg's centre is 13.9° of latitude, about 1,550 km, farther north than Fukui's.
- Fukui is the 35th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 31st most densely populated of them.
- Luxembourg ranks 181st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Luxembourg lies about 14° of latitude (roughly 1,550 km) north of Fukui.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Fukui would have about 5,520 m² and each person in Luxembourg about 3,780 m².
- Laid side by side, Fukui and Luxembourg would cover 6,830 km², 1.19× the size of Brunei.
- Together they have 1.5 million people, 1.04× as many people as East Timor.
- Counted as a country, Fukui would rank 175th by area and 166th by population.
Side by side
| Fukui | Luxembourg | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | PrefectureJapan | CountryEurope |
| Area, measured | 4,220 km²1,630 mi² | 2,610 km²1,010 mi² |
| Official area | 4,190 km²Wikidata | 2,590 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 35th of 47in Japan | 180th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 765,000Wikidata, 2021 | 691,000Wikidata, 2026 |
| Rank by population | 43rd of 47in Japan | 166th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 181 per km² | 265 per km² |
| Capital | Fukui | Luxembourg |
| Latitude range | 35°N to 36°N | 49°N to 50°N |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2026. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 4,190 km² agrees with our measured area of 4,220 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 2,590 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,610 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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