Mie is 1.06× the size of Liguria

Mie (prefecture of Japan) covers about 5,820 km² (2,250 mi²) and Liguria (region of Italy) about 5,490 km² (2,120 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

5,820km²Mie
5,490km²Liguria

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Mie
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What fits

Liguria is 94% of the size of Mie.
Mie is larger by 328 km² (127 mi²), which is 6.0% of the area of Liguria.
Measured in Belgiums: Mie is about 0.19, Liguria about 0.18.

How they differ

Mie also has the larger population: 1.8 million against 1.6 million, 1.14× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 304 in Mie against 282 in Liguria: Mie is 1.08× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,790 km apart.
On a standard web map Liguria looks larger than Mie: Mie at 35°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Liguria at 44°N about 2.0×, so the map shows Liguria as 1.25× the size of Mie, when Mie is 1.06× the size of Liguria.
Together Mie and Liguria cover 11,300 km², close to the size of Qatar (11,200 km², 1.4% smaller).
The gap between them, 328 km², is about the size of Malta (326 km²).
At Liguria's density, Mie would have 1.6 million people (it has 1.8 million). At Mie's density, Liguria would have 1.7 million (it has 1.6 million).
Liguria's centre is 9.8° of latitude, about 1,090 km, farther north than Mie'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.
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.
Liguria lies about 10° of latitude (roughly 1,090 km) north of Mie.
Shared out evenly, each person in Mie would have about 3,290 m² and each person in Liguria about 3,540 m².
Laid side by side, Mie and Liguria would cover 11,300 km², about the same size as Qatar.
Together they have 3.3 million people, about as many people as Mongolia.

Side by side

	Mie	Liguria
Is a	PrefectureJapan	RegionItaly
Area, measured	5,820 km²2,250 mi²	5,490 km²2,120 mi²
Official area	5,780 km²Wikidata	5,420 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	25th of 47in Japan	18th of 20in Italy
Population	1.8 millionWikidata, 2020	1.6 millionWikidata, 2019
Rank by population	22nd of 47in Japan	12th of 20in Italy
Density	304 per km²	282 per km²
Capital	Tsu	Genoa
Latitude range	34°N to 35°N	44°N to 45°N

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2019. 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 5,420 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,490 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

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