Luxembourg is 1.21× the size of Okinawa

Luxembourg (Europe) covers about 2,610 km² (1,010 mi²) and Okinawa (prefecture of Japan) about 2,150 km² (829 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

2,610km²Luxembourg
2,150km²Okinawa

200 km

Luxembourg
Okinawa

Okinawa: Part of this region's boundary is disputed with China and Taiwan. Size Versus draws Natural Earth's de facto outline, the boundary as it is held on the ground, and takes no position on it.

What fits

Okinawa is 82% of the size of Luxembourg.
Luxembourg is larger by 461 km² (178 mi²), which is 21% of the area of Okinawa.
Measured in Belgiums: Luxembourg is about 0.09, Okinawa about 0.07.

How they differ

Luxembourg is larger, but Okinawa has the larger population: 1.5 million against 691,000, 2.11× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 680 in Okinawa against 265 in Luxembourg: Okinawa is 2.57× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,780 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Luxembourg at 50°N is drawn about 2.4× too large and Okinawa at 26°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Luxembourg as 2.36× the size of Okinawa instead of 1.21×.
Together Luxembourg and Okinawa cover 4,760 km², close to the size of Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km², 7.7% bigger).
The gap between them, 461 km², is about the size of Curaçao (463 km²).
At Okinawa's density, Luxembourg would have 1.8 million people (it has 691,000). At Luxembourg's density, Okinawa would have 569,000 (it has 1.5 million).
Luxembourg's centre is 23.9° of latitude, about 2,660 km, farther north than Okinawa's.
Luxembourg ranks 181st of 246 countries and territories by area.
Okinawa is the 45th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 0.6% of its area; it is the 8th most densely populated of them.
Luxembourg lies about 24° of latitude (roughly 2,660 km) north of Okinawa.
Shared out evenly, each person in Luxembourg would have about 3,780 m² and each person in Okinawa about 1,470 m².
Laid side by side, Luxembourg and Okinawa would cover 4,760 km², 93% of the size of Trinidad and Tobago.
Together they have 2.2 million people, 1.04× as many people as Slovenia.
Okinawa is drawn from 133 points: at a size under 2,500 km² the outline is a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.
Counted as a country, Okinawa would rank 181st by area and 155th by population.

Side by side

	Luxembourg	Okinawa
Is a	CountryEurope	PrefectureJapan
Area, measured	2,610 km²1,010 mi²	2,150 km²829 mi²
Official area	2,590 km²Wikidata	2,280 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	180th of 239worldwide	45th of 47in Japan
Population	691,000Wikidata, 2026	1.5 millionWikidata, 2021
Rank by population	166th of 237worldwide	25th of 47in Japan
Density	265 per km²	680 per km²
Capital	Luxembourg	Naha
Latitude range	49°N to 50°N	24°N to 28°N

Population: Wikidata 2026 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 2,590 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,610 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 2,150 km² is 5.8% below Wikidata's official figure of 2,280 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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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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