Kagoshima is 1.54× the size of Prince Edward Island

Kagoshima (prefecture of Japan) covers about 8,850 km² (3,420 mi²) and Prince Edward Island (province of Canada) about 5,730 km² (2,210 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

8,850km²Kagoshima
5,730km²Prince Edward Island

100 km

Kagoshima
Prince Edward Island

What fits

Prince Edward Island is 65% of the size of Kagoshima.
Kagoshima is larger by 3,120 km² (1,200 mi²), which is 54% of the area of Prince Edward Island.
Measured in Belgiums: Kagoshima is about 0.29, Prince Edward Island about 0.19.

How they differ

Kagoshima also has the larger population: 1.6 million against 154,000, 10.3× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 179 in Kagoshima against 27 in Prince Edward Island: Kagoshima is 6.66× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 11,300 km apart.
On a standard web map Prince Edward Island looks larger than Kagoshima: Kagoshima at 31°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Prince Edward Island at 46°N about 2.1×, so the map shows Prince Edward Island as 1.00× the size of Kagoshima, when Kagoshima is 1.54× the size of Prince Edward Island.
Together Kagoshima and Prince Edward Island cover 14,600 km², close to the size of East Timor (15,100 km², 3.4% bigger).
The gap between them, 3,120 km², is about the size of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (3,320 km²).
At Prince Edward Island's density, Kagoshima would have 238,000 people (it has 1.6 million). At Kagoshima's density, Prince Edward Island would have 1.0 million (it has 154,000).
Prince Edward Island's centre is 15.4° of latitude, about 1,710 km, farther north than Kagoshima's.
Kagoshima is the 10th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.4% of its area; it is the 32nd most densely populated of them.
Prince Edward Island is the 13th largest of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
Prince Edward Island lies about 15° of latitude (roughly 1,710 km) north of Kagoshima.
Shared out evenly, each person in Kagoshima would have about 5,580 m² and each person in Prince Edward Island about 37,150 m².
Laid side by side, Kagoshima and Prince Edward Island would cover 14,600 km², 97% of the size of East Timor.
Together they have 1.7 million people, 95% as many people as North Macedonia.

Side by side

	Kagoshima	Prince Edward Island
Is a	PrefectureJapan	ProvinceCanada
Area, measured	8,850 km²3,420 mi²	5,730 km²2,210 mi²
Official area	9,130 km²Wikidata	5,620 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	10th of 47in Japan	13th of 13in Canada
Population	1.6 millionWikidata, 2021	154,000Wikidata, 2021
Rank by population	24th of 47in Japan	10th of 13in Canada
Density	179 per km²	27 per km²
Capital	Kagoshima	Charlottetown
Latitude range	27°N to 32°N	46°N to 47°N

Population: Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 8,850 km² is 3.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 9,130 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
Our measured 5,730 km² is 2.0% above Wikidata's official figure of 5,620 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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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

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