Liguria is 1.07× the size of Chiba
Liguria (region of Italy) covers about 5,490 km² (2,120 mi²) and Chiba (prefecture of Japan) about 5,110 km² (1,970 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 5,490km²Liguria
- 5,110km²Chiba
50 km
- Liguria
- Chiba
What fits
- Chiba is 93% of the size of Liguria.
- Liguria is larger by 380 km² (147 mi²), which is 7.4% of the area of Chiba.
- Measured in Belgiums: Liguria is about 0.18, Chiba about 0.17.
How they differ
- Liguria is larger, but Chiba has the larger population: 6.3 million against 1.6 million, 4.05× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 1,228 in Chiba against 282 in Liguria: Chiba is 4.35× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,890 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Liguria at 44°N is drawn about 2.0× too large and Chiba at 36°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Liguria as 1.39× the size of Chiba instead of 1.07×.
- Together Liguria and Chiba cover 10,600 km², close to the size of Gambia (10,500 km², 1.0% smaller).
- The gap between them, 380 km², is about the size of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (368 km²).
- At Chiba's density, Liguria would have 6.7 million people (it has 1.6 million). At Liguria's density, Chiba would have 1.4 million (it has 6.3 million).
- Liguria's centre is 8.8° of latitude, about 970 km, farther north than Chiba's.
- 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.
- Chiba is the 27th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.4% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
- Liguria lies about 9° of latitude (roughly 974 km) north of Chiba.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Liguria would have about 3,540 m² and each person in Chiba about 810 m².
- Laid side by side, Liguria and Chiba would cover 10,600 km², about the same size as the Gambia.
- Together they have 7.8 million people, about as many people as Togo.
Side by side
| Liguria | Chiba | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | RegionItaly | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 5,490 km²2,120 mi² | 5,110 km²1,970 mi² |
| Official area | 5,420 km²Wikidata | 5,160 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 18th of 20in Italy | 27th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 1.6 millionWikidata, 2019 | 6.3 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 12th of 20in Italy | 6th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 282 per km² | 1,228 per km² |
| Capital | Genoa | Chiba |
| Latitude range | 44°N to 45°N | 35°N to 36°N |
Population: Wikidata 2019 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 5,420 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,490 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 5,160 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,110 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