Mie and Federal District are almost exactly the same size
Mie (prefecture of Japan) covers about 5,820 km² (2,250 mi²) and Federal District (federal district of Brazil) about 5,790 km² (2,240 mi²). Their outlines are laid over each other below at one scale.
- 5,820km²Mie
- 5,790km²Federal District
20 km
- Mie
- Federal District
What fits
- Federal District is 100% of the size of Mie.
- The measured areas differ by 27.3 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
- Measured in Belgiums: Mie is about 0.19, Federal District about 0.19.
How they differ
- Mie is larger, but Federal District has the larger population: 2.8 million against 1.8 million, 1.59× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 486 in Federal District against 304 in Mie: Federal District is 1.60× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 17,900 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Mie at 35°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Federal District at 16°S about 1.1×, so the map shows Mie as 1.37× the size of Federal District instead of 1.00×.
- Together Mie and Federal District cover 11,600 km², close to the size of Falkland Islands (11,600 km², 0.1% smaller).
- At Federal District's density, Mie would have 2.8 million people (it has 1.8 million). At Mie's density, Federal District would have 1.8 million (it has 2.8 million).
- Mie's centre is 50.3° of latitude, about 5,590 km, farther north than Federal District's.
- Mie is the 25th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.6% of its area; it is the 21st most densely populated of them.
- Federal District is the 27th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
- Mie lies about 50° of latitude (roughly 5,590 km) north of Federal District, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Mie would have about 3,290 m² and each person in Federal District about 2,060 m².
- Laid side by side, Mie and Federal District would cover 11,600 km², 1.04× the size of Qatar.
- Together they have 4.6 million people, about as many people as Panama.
Side by side
| Mie | Federal District | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | PrefectureJapan | Federal DistrictBrazil |
| Area, measured | 5,820 km²2,250 mi² | 5,790 km²2,240 mi² |
| Official area | 5,780 km²Wikidata | 5,760 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 25th of 47in Japan | 27th of 27in Brazil |
| Population | 1.8 millionWikidata, 2020 | 2.8 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 22nd of 47in Japan | 20th of 27in Brazil |
| Density | 304 per km² | 486 per km² |
| Capital | Tsu | Brasília |
| Latitude range | 34°N to 35°N | 16°S to 15°S |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 5,780 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,820 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 5,760 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,790 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, 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