Iwate is 2.11× the size of Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Iwate (prefecture of Japan) covers about 15,500 km² (5,970 mi²) and Friuli-Venezia Giulia (region of Italy) about 7,340 km² (2,830 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 15,500km²Iwate
- 7,340km²Friuli-Venezia Giulia
20 km
- Iwate
- Friuli-Venezia Giulia
What fits
- Friuli-Venezia Giulia fits inside Iwate about 2.11 times by area.
- Iwate is larger by 8,130 km² (3,140 mi²), which is 111% of the area of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
- Measured in Belgiums: Iwate is about 0.50, Friuli-Venezia Giulia about 0.24.
How they differ
- Iwate is larger, but Friuli-Venezia Giulia has the larger population: 1.2 million against 1.2 million, 1.01× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 166 in Friuli-Venezia Giulia against 78 in Iwate: Friuli-Venezia Giulia is 2.12× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,180 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Iwate at 40°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Friuli-Venezia Giulia at 46°N about 2.1×, so the map shows Iwate as 1.70× the size of Friuli-Venezia Giulia instead of 2.11×.
- Together Iwate and Friuli-Venezia Giulia cover 22,800 km², close to the size of Belize (22,300 km², 2.3% smaller).
- The gap between them, 8,130 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
- At Friuli-Venezia Giulia's density, Iwate would have 2.6 million people (it has 1.2 million). At Iwate's density, Friuli-Venezia Giulia would have 572,000 (it has 1.2 million).
- Friuli-Venezia Giulia's centre is 6.6° of latitude, about 730 km, farther north than Iwate's.
- Iwate is the 2nd largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 4.1% of its area; it is the 46th most densely populated of them.
- Friuli-Venezia Giulia is the 17th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 2.4% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
- Friuli-Venezia Giulia lies about 7° of latitude (roughly 730 km) north of Iwate.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Iwate would have about 12,830 m² and each person in Friuli-Venezia Giulia about 6,040 m².
- Laid side by side, Iwate and Friuli-Venezia Giulia would cover 22,800 km², about the same size as Belize.
- Together they have 2.4 million people, about as many people as Moldova.
Side by side
| Iwate | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | PrefectureJapan | RegionItaly |
| Area, measured | 15,500 km²5,970 mi² | 7,340 km²2,830 mi² |
| Official area | 15,300 km²Wikidata | 7,860 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 2nd of 47in Japan | 17th of 20in Italy |
| Population | 1.2 millionWikidata, 2021 | 1.2 millionWikidata, 2019 |
| Rank by population | 32nd of 47in Japan | 15th of 20in Italy |
| Density | 78 per km² | 166 per km² |
| Capital | Morioka | Trieste |
| Latitude range | 39°N to 40°N | 46°N to 47°N |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2019. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 15,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 15,500 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 7,340 km² is 6.6% below Wikidata's official figure of 7,860 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. The outline of Friuli-Venezia Giulia 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