Liguria is 1.09× the size of Fukuoka
Liguria (region of Italy) covers about 5,490 km² (2,120 mi²) and Fukuoka (prefecture of Japan) about 5,050 km² (1,950 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 5,490km²Liguria
- 5,050km²Fukuoka
50 km
- Liguria
- Fukuoka
What fits
- Fukuoka is 92% of the size of Liguria.
- Liguria is larger by 440 km² (170 mi²), which is 8.7% of the area of Fukuoka.
- Measured in Belgiums: Liguria is about 0.18, Fukuoka about 0.16.
How they differ
- Liguria is larger, but Fukuoka has the larger population: 5.1 million against 1.6 million, 3.29× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 1,011 in Fukuoka against 282 in Liguria: Fukuoka is 3.58× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,570 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Liguria at 44°N is drawn about 2.0× too large and Fukuoka at 34°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Liguria as 1.47× the size of Fukuoka instead of 1.09×.
- Together Liguria and Fukuoka cover 10,500 km², close to the size of Gambia (10,500 km², 0.4% smaller).
- The gap between them, 440 km², is about the size of Barbados (444 km²).
- At Fukuoka's density, Liguria would have 5.6 million people (it has 1.6 million). At Liguria's density, Fukuoka would have 1.4 million (it has 5.1 million).
- Liguria's centre is 10.7° of latitude, about 1,190 km, farther north than Fukuoka'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.
- Fukuoka is the 28th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.4% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
- Liguria lies about 11° of latitude (roughly 1,190 km) north of Fukuoka.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Liguria would have about 3,540 m² and each person in Fukuoka about 990 m².
- Laid side by side, Liguria and Fukuoka would cover 10,500 km², about the same size as the Gambia.
- Together they have 6.7 million people, about as many people as Serbia.
Side by side
| Liguria | Fukuoka | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | RegionItaly | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 5,490 km²2,120 mi² | 5,050 km²1,950 mi² |
| Official area | 5,420 km²Wikidata | 4,970 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 18th of 20in Italy | 28th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 1.6 millionWikidata, 2019 | 5.1 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 12th of 20in Italy | 9th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 282 per km² | 1,011 per km² |
| Capital | Genoa | Fukuoka |
| Latitude range | 44°N to 45°N | 33°N to 34°N |
Population: Wikidata 2019 and Wikidata 2020. 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 4,970 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,050 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