Gunma is 1.15× the size of Liguria
Gunma (prefecture of Japan) covers about 6,340 km² (2,450 mi²) and Liguria (region of Italy) about 5,490 km² (2,120 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 6,340km²Gunma
- 5,490km²Liguria
50 km
- Gunma
- Liguria
What fits
- Liguria is 87% of the size of Gunma.
- Gunma is larger by 845 km² (326 mi²), which is 15% of the area of Liguria.
- Measured in Belgiums: Gunma is about 0.21, Liguria about 0.18.
How they differ
- Gunma also has the larger population: 1.9 million against 1.6 million, 1.25× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 305 in Gunma against 282 in Liguria: Gunma is 1.08× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,730 km apart.
- On a standard web map Liguria looks larger than Gunma: Gunma at 36°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Liguria at 44°N about 2.0×, so the map shows Liguria as 1.09× the size of Gunma, when Gunma is 1.15× the size of Liguria.
- Together Gunma and Liguria cover 11,800 km², close to the size of Falkland Islands (11,600 km², 1.9% smaller).
- The gap between them, 845 km², is about the size of Åland (942 km²).
- At Liguria's density, Gunma would have 1.8 million people (it has 1.9 million). At Gunma's density, Liguria would have 1.7 million (it has 1.6 million).
- Liguria's centre is 7.8° of latitude, about 860 km, farther north than Gunma's.
- Gunma is the 22nd largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.7% of its area; it is the 19th most densely populated of them.
- Liguria is the 18th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 1.8% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
- Liguria lies about 8° of latitude (roughly 864 km) north of Gunma.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Gunma would have about 3,270 m² and each person in Liguria about 3,540 m².
- Laid side by side, Gunma and Liguria would cover 11,800 km², 96% of the size of Vanuatu.
- Together they have 3.5 million people, about as many people as Eritrea.
Side by side
| Gunma | Liguria | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | PrefectureJapan | RegionItaly |
| Area, measured | 6,340 km²2,450 mi² | 5,490 km²2,120 mi² |
| Official area | 6,360 km²Wikidata | 5,420 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 22nd of 47in Japan | 18th of 20in Italy |
| Population | 1.9 millionWikidata, 2021 | 1.6 millionWikidata, 2019 |
| Rank by population | 18th of 47in Japan | 12th of 20in Italy |
| Density | 305 per km² | 282 per km² |
| Capital | Maebashi | Genoa |
| Latitude range | 36°N to 37°N | 44°N to 45°N |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2019. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 6,360 km² agrees with our measured area of 6,340 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 5,420 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,490 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Liguria 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