Fukuoka is 1.90× the size of Saarland
Fukuoka (prefecture of Japan) covers about 5,050 km² (1,950 mi²) and Saarland (state of Germany) about 2,650 km² (1,020 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 5,050km²Fukuoka
- 2,650km²Saarland
20 km
- Fukuoka
- Saarland
What fits
- Saarland is 53% of the size of Fukuoka.
- Fukuoka is larger by 2,400 km² (926 mi²), which is 90% of the area of Saarland.
- Measured in Belgiums: Fukuoka is about 0.16, Saarland about 0.09.
How they differ
- Fukuoka also has the larger population: 5.1 million against 1.0 million, 5.07× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 1,011 in Fukuoka against 379 in Saarland: Fukuoka is 2.67× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,250 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Fukuoka at 34°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Saarland at 49°N about 2.4×, so the map shows Fukuoka as 1.16× the size of Saarland instead of 1.90×.
- Together Fukuoka and Saarland cover 7,710 km², close to the size of Palestine (6,070 km², 21% smaller).
- The gap between them, 2,400 km², is about the size of Luxembourg (2,610 km²).
- At Saarland's density, Fukuoka would have 1.9 million people (it has 5.1 million). At Fukuoka's density, Saarland would have 2.7 million (it has 1.0 million).
- Saarland's centre is 15.9° of latitude, about 1,760 km, farther north than Fukuoka's.
- Fukuoka is the 28th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.4% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
- Saarland is the 13th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 0.7% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
- Saarland lies about 16° of latitude (roughly 1,760 km) north of Fukuoka.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Fukuoka would have about 990 m² and each person in Saarland about 2,640 m².
- Laid side by side, Fukuoka and Saarland would cover 7,710 km², 77% of the size of Lebanon.
- Together they have 6.1 million people, about as many people as Turkmenistan.
Side by side
| Fukuoka | Saarland | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | PrefectureJapan | StateGermany |
| Area, measured | 5,050 km²1,950 mi² | 2,650 km²1,020 mi² |
| Official area | 4,970 km²Wikidata | 2,570 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 28th of 47in Japan | 13th of 16in Germany |
| Population | 5.1 millionWikidata, 2020 | 1.0 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 9th of 47in Japan | 15th of 16in Germany |
| Density | 1,011 per km² | 379 per km² |
| Capital | Fukuoka | Saarbrücken |
| Latitude range | 33°N to 34°N | 49°N to 50°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 4,970 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,050 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 2,650 km² is 3.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 2,570 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