Gifu and Asturias are almost exactly the same size
Gifu (prefecture of Japan) covers about 10,700 km² (4,130 mi²) and Asturias (autonomous community of Spain) about 10,700 km² (4,120 mi²). Their outlines are laid over each other below at one scale.
- 10,700km²Gifu
- 10,700km²Asturias
50 km
- Gifu
- Asturias
What fits
- Asturias is 100% of the size of Gifu.
- The measured areas differ by 8.1 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
- Measured in Belgiums: Gifu is about 0.35, Asturias about 0.35.
How they differ
- Gifu also has the larger population: 2.0 million against 1.0 million, 1.96× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 185 in Gifu against 94 in Asturias: Gifu is 1.96× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 10,500 km apart.
- On a standard web map Asturias looks larger than Gifu: Gifu at 36°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Asturias at 43°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Asturias as 1.24× the size of Gifu, when Gifu is 1.00× the size of Asturias.
- Together Gifu and Asturias cover 21,400 km², close to the size of Djibouti (21,800 km², 2.3% bigger).
- At Asturias's density, Gifu would have 1.0 million people (it has 2.0 million). At Gifu's density, Asturias would have 2.0 million (it has 1.0 million).
- Asturias's centre is 7.5° of latitude, about 840 km, farther north than Gifu's.
- Gifu is the 7th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.9% of its area; it is the 30th most densely populated of them.
- Asturias is the 10th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 2.1% of its area; it is the 12th most densely populated of them.
- Asturias lies about 8° of latitude (roughly 837 km) north of Gifu.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Gifu would have about 5,410 m² and each person in Asturias about 10,590 m².
- Laid side by side, Gifu and Asturias would cover 21,400 km², about the same size as Djibouti.
- Together they have 3.0 million people, about as many people as Armenia.
Side by side
| Gifu | Asturias | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | PrefectureJapan | Autonomous communitySpain |
| Area, measured | 10,700 km²4,130 mi² | 10,700 km²4,120 mi² |
| Official area | 10,600 km²Wikidata | 10,600 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 7th of 47in Japan | 10th of 19in Spain |
| Population | 2.0 millionWikidata, 2020 | 1.0 millionWikidata, 2024 |
| Rank by population | 17th of 47in Japan | 14th of 19in Spain |
| Density | 185 per km² | 94 per km² |
| Capital | Gifu | Oviedo City |
| Latitude range | 35°N to 36°N | 43°N to 44°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2024. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 10,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 10,700 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 10,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 10,700 km², to within 2%.
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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