Lazio is 1.10× the size of Iwate
Lazio (region of Italy) covers about 17,000 km² (6,580 mi²) and Iwate (prefecture of Japan) about 15,500 km² (5,970 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 17,000km²Lazio
- 15,500km²Iwate
50 km
- Lazio
- Iwate
What fits
- Iwate is 91% of the size of Lazio.
- Lazio is larger by 1,570 km² (605 mi²), which is 10% of the area of Iwate.
- Measured in Belgiums: Lazio is about 0.56, Iwate about 0.50.
How they differ
- Lazio also has the larger population: 5.9 million against 1.2 million, 4.88× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 345 in Lazio against 78 in Iwate: Lazio is 4.43× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,570 km apart.
- Together Lazio and Iwate cover 32,500 km², close to the size of Guinea-Bissau (32,800 km², 1.0% bigger).
- The gap between them, 1,570 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
- At Iwate's density, Lazio would have 1.3 million people (it has 5.9 million). At Lazio's density, Iwate would have 5.3 million (it has 1.2 million).
- Lazio's centre is 2.4° of latitude, about 270 km, farther north than Iwate's.
- Lazio is the 9th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 5.7% of its area; it is the 3rd most densely populated of them.
- 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.
- Lazio lies about 2° of latitude (roughly 266 km) north of Iwate.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Lazio would have about 2,900 m² and each person in Iwate about 12,830 m².
- Laid side by side, Lazio and Iwate would cover 32,500 km², about the same size as Guinea-Bissau.
- Together they have 7.1 million people, about as many people as Kyrgyzstan.
Side by side
| Lazio | Iwate | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | RegionItaly | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 17,000 km²6,580 mi² | 15,500 km²5,970 mi² |
| Official area | 17,200 km²Wikidata | 15,300 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 9th of 20in Italy | 2nd of 47in Japan |
| Population | 5.9 millionWikidata, 2019 | 1.2 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 2nd of 20in Italy | 32nd of 47in Japan |
| Density | 345 per km² | 78 per km² |
| Capital | Rome | Morioka |
| Latitude range | 41°N to 43°N | 39°N to 40°N |
Population: Wikidata 2019 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 17,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 17,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 15,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 15,500 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 Lazio 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