Jamaica is 1.03× the size of Gifu

Jamaica (North America) covers about 11,000 km² (4,260 mi²) and Gifu (prefecture of Japan) about 10,700 km² (4,130 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

11,000km²Jamaica
10,700km²Gifu

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Jamaica
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What fits

Gifu is 97% of the size of Jamaica.
Jamaica is larger by 347 km² (134 mi²), which is 3.2% of the area of Gifu.
Measured in Belgiums: Jamaica is about 0.36, Gifu about 0.35.

How they differ

Jamaica also has the larger population: 2.7 million against 2.0 million, 1.37× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 245 in Jamaica against 185 in Gifu: Jamaica is 1.32× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 13,000 km apart.
On a standard web map Gifu looks larger than Jamaica: Jamaica at 18°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Gifu at 36°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Gifu as 1.33× the size of Jamaica, when Jamaica is 1.03× the size of Gifu.
Together Jamaica and Gifu cover 21,700 km², close to the size of Djibouti (21,800 km², 0.6% bigger).
The gap between them, 347 km², is about the size of Grenada (347 km²).
At Gifu's density, Jamaica would have 2.0 million people (it has 2.7 million). At Jamaica's density, Gifu would have 2.6 million (it has 2.0 million).
Gifu's centre is 17.6° of latitude, about 1,960 km, farther north than Jamaica's.
Jamaica ranks 166th of 246 countries and territories by area.
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.
Gifu lies about 18° of latitude (roughly 1,960 km) north of Jamaica.
Shared out evenly, each person in Jamaica would have about 4,090 m² and each person in Gifu about 5,410 m².
Laid side by side, Jamaica and Gifu would cover 21,700 km², about the same size as Djibouti.
Together they have 4.7 million people, about as many people as Mauritania.
Counted as a country, Gifu would rank 167th by area and 149th by population.

Side by side

	Jamaica	Gifu
Is a	CountryNorth America	PrefectureJapan
Area, measured	11,000 km²4,260 mi²	10,700 km²4,130 mi²
Official area	11,000 km²Wikidata	10,600 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	165th of 239worldwide	7th of 47in Japan
Population	2.7 millionWikidata, 2011	2.0 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	140th of 237worldwide	17th of 47in Japan
Density	245 per km²	185 per km²
Capital	Kingston	Gifu
Latitude range	18°N to 19°N	35°N to 36°N

Population: Wikidata 2011 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 11,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 11,000 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 for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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

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