Luxembourg is 1.41× the size of Osaka
Luxembourg (Europe) covers about 2,610 km² (1,010 mi²) and Osaka (prefecture of Japan) about 1,860 km² (716 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 2,610km²Luxembourg
- 1,860km²Osaka
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- Luxembourg
- Osaka
What fits
- Osaka is 71% of the size of Luxembourg.
- Luxembourg is larger by 754 km² (291 mi²), which is 41% of the area of Osaka.
- Measured in Belgiums: Luxembourg is about 0.09, Osaka about 0.06.
How they differ
- Luxembourg is larger, but Osaka has the larger population: 8.8 million against 691,000, 12.8× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 4,758 in Osaka against 265 in Luxembourg: Osaka is 18.0× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,400 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Luxembourg at 50°N is drawn about 2.4× too large and Osaka at 35°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Luxembourg as 2.28× the size of Osaka instead of 1.41×.
- Together Luxembourg and Osaka cover 4,460 km², close to the size of Cape Verde (3,930 km², 12% smaller).
- The gap between them, 754 km², is about the size of Dominica (730 km²).
- At Osaka's density, Luxembourg would have 12.4 million people (it has 691,000). At Luxembourg's density, Osaka would have 491,000 (it has 8.8 million).
- Luxembourg's centre is 15.2° of latitude, about 1,690 km, farther north than Osaka's.
- Luxembourg ranks 181st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Osaka is the 46th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 0.5% of its area; it is the 2nd most densely populated of them.
- Luxembourg lies about 15° of latitude (roughly 1,690 km) north of Osaka.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Luxembourg would have about 3,780 m² and each person in Osaka about 210 m².
- Laid side by side, Luxembourg and Osaka would cover 4,460 km², 1.14× the size of Cape Verde.
- Together they have 9.5 million people, about as many people as Tajikistan.
- Osaka is drawn from 55 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, Osaka would rank 182nd by area and 100th by population.
Side by side
| Luxembourg | Osaka | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryEurope | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 2,610 km²1,010 mi² | 1,860 km²716 mi² |
| Official area | 2,590 km²Wikidata | 1,910 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 180th of 239worldwide | 46th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 691,000Wikidata, 2026 | 8.8 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 166th of 237worldwide | 3rd of 47in Japan |
| Density | 265 per km² | 4,758 per km² |
| Capital | Luxembourg | Osaka |
| Latitude range | 49°N to 50°N | 34°N to 35°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 1,860 km² is 2.6% below Wikidata's official figure of 1,910 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 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