Marche is 1.02× the size of Yamagata
Marche (region of Italy) covers about 9,450 km² (3,650 mi²) and Yamagata (prefecture of Japan) about 9,240 km² (3,570 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 9,450km²Marche
- 9,240km²Yamagata
20 km
- Marche
- Yamagata
What fits
- Yamagata is 98% of the size of Marche.
- Marche is larger by 207 km² (79.9 mi²), which is 2.2% of the area of Yamagata.
- Measured in Belgiums: Marche is about 0.31, Yamagata about 0.30.
How they differ
- Marche also has the larger population: 1.5 million against 1.1 million, 1.43× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 161 in Marche against 115 in Yamagata: Marche is 1.40× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,470 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Marche at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Yamagata at 38°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Marche as 1.19× the size of Yamagata instead of 1.02×.
- Together Marche and Yamagata cover 18,700 km², close to the size of Fiji (18,900 km², 1.3% bigger).
- The gap between them, 207 km², is about the size of Aruba (170 km²).
- At Yamagata's density, Marche would have 1.1 million people (it has 1.5 million). At Marche's density, Yamagata would have 1.5 million (it has 1.1 million).
- Marche's centre is 4.9° of latitude, about 550 km, farther north than Yamagata's.
- Marche is the 15th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 3.1% of its area; it is the 12th most densely populated of them.
- Yamagata is the 9th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.5% of its area; it is the 42nd most densely populated of them.
- Marche lies about 5° of latitude (roughly 547 km) north of Yamagata.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Marche would have about 6,210 m² and each person in Yamagata about 8,690 m².
- Laid side by side, Marche and Yamagata would cover 18,700 km², about the same size as Fiji.
- Together they have 2.6 million people, about as many people as Namibia.
Side by side
| Marche | Yamagata | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | RegionItaly | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 9,450 km²3,650 mi² | 9,240 km²3,570 mi² |
| Official area | 9,690 km²Wikidata | 9,320 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 15th of 20in Italy | 9th of 47in Japan |
| Population | 1.5 millionWikidata, 2019 | 1.1 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 13th of 20in Italy | 35th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 161 per km² | 115 per km² |
| Capital | Ancona | Yamagata |
| Latitude range | 43°N to 44°N | 38°N to 39°N |
Population: Wikidata 2019 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 9,450 km² is 2.5% below Wikidata's official figure of 9,690 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Wikidata's official figure of 9,320 km² agrees with our measured area of 9,240 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 Marche 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