Gifu is 1.03× the size of Loei
Gifu (prefecture of Japan) covers about 10,700 km² (4,130 mi²) and Loei (province of Thailand) about 10,400 km² (4,020 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 10,700km²Gifu
- 10,400km²Loei
20 km
- Gifu
- Loei
What fits
- Loei is 98% of the size of Gifu.
- Gifu is larger by 261 km² (101 mi²), which is 2.5% of the area of Loei.
- Measured in Belgiums: Gifu is about 0.35, Loei about 0.34.
How they differ
- Gifu also has the larger population: 2.0 million against 639,000, 3.09× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 185 in Gifu against 61 in Loei: Gifu is 3.02× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 4,040 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Gifu at 36°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Loei at 17°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Gifu as 1.42× the size of Loei instead of 1.03×.
- Together Gifu and Loei cover 21,100 km², close to the size of El Salvador (20,500 km², 2.7% smaller).
- The gap between them, 261 km², is about the size of Saint Kitts and Nevis (264 km²).
- At Loei's density, Gifu would have 655,000 people (it has 2.0 million). At Gifu's density, Loei would have 1.9 million (it has 639,000).
- Gifu's centre is 18.4° of latitude, about 2,040 km, farther north than Loei'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.
- Loei is the 16th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 2.0% of its area; it is the 69th most densely populated of them.
- Gifu lies about 18° of latitude (roughly 2,040 km) north of Loei.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Gifu would have about 5,410 m² and each person in Loei about 16,320 m².
- Laid side by side, Gifu and Loei would cover 21,100 km², about the same size as El Salvador.
- Together they have 2.6 million people, about as many people as Qatar.
Side by side
| Gifu | Loei | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | PrefectureJapan | ProvinceThailand |
| Area, measured | 10,700 km²4,130 mi² | 10,400 km²4,020 mi² |
| Official area | 10,600 km²Wikidata | 11,400 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 7th of 47in Japan | 16th of 77in Thailand |
| Population | 2.0 millionWikidata, 2020 | 639,000Wikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 17th of 47in Japan | 42nd of 77in Thailand |
| Density | 185 per km² | 61 per km² |
| Capital | Gifu | Loei |
| Latitude range | 35°N to 36°N | 17°N to 18°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 10,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 10,700 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 10,400 km² is 8.8% below Wikidata's official figure of 11,400 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
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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