Miyagi is 1.02× the size of Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Miyagi (prefecture of Japan) covers about 7,500 km² (2,900 mi²) and Friuli-Venezia Giulia (region of Italy) about 7,340 km² (2,830 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

7,500km²Miyagi
7,340km²Friuli-Venezia Giulia

20 km

Miyagi
Friuli-Venezia Giulia

What fits

Friuli-Venezia Giulia is 98% of the size of Miyagi.
Miyagi is larger by 161 km² (62.0 mi²), which is 2.2% of the area of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
Measured in Belgiums: Miyagi is about 0.24, Friuli-Venezia Giulia about 0.24.

How they differ

Miyagi also has the larger population: 2.3 million against 1.2 million, 1.88× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 305 in Miyagi against 166 in Friuli-Venezia Giulia: Miyagi is 1.84× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,270 km apart.
On a standard web map Friuli-Venezia Giulia looks larger than Miyagi: Miyagi at 38°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Friuli-Venezia Giulia at 46°N about 2.1×, so the map shows Friuli-Venezia Giulia as 1.25× the size of Miyagi, when Miyagi is 1.02× the size of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
Together Miyagi and Friuli-Venezia Giulia cover 14,800 km², close to the size of East Timor (15,100 km², 1.6% bigger).
The gap between them, 161 km², is about the size of Marshall Islands (165 km²).
At Friuli-Venezia Giulia's density, Miyagi would have 1.2 million people (it has 2.3 million). At Miyagi's density, Friuli-Venezia Giulia would have 2.2 million (it has 1.2 million).
Friuli-Venezia Giulia's centre is 7.7° of latitude, about 860 km, farther north than Miyagi's.
Miyagi is the 15th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.0% of its area; it is the 20th most densely populated of them.
Friuli-Venezia Giulia is the 17th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 2.4% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
Friuli-Venezia Giulia lies about 8° of latitude (roughly 859 km) north of Miyagi.
Shared out evenly, each person in Miyagi would have about 3,280 m² and each person in Friuli-Venezia Giulia about 6,040 m².
Laid side by side, Miyagi and Friuli-Venezia Giulia would cover 14,800 km², about the same size as East Timor.
Together they have 3.5 million people, about as many people as Eritrea.

Side by side

	Miyagi	Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Is a	PrefectureJapan	RegionItaly
Area, measured	7,500 km²2,900 mi²	7,340 km²2,830 mi²
Official area	7,280 km²Wikidata	7,860 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	15th of 47in Japan	17th of 20in Italy
Population	2.3 millionWikidata, 2021	1.2 millionWikidata, 2019
Rank by population	14th of 47in Japan	15th of 20in Italy
Density	305 per km²	166 per km²
Capital	Sendai	Trieste
Latitude range	38°N to 39°N	46°N to 47°N

Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2019. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 7,500 km² is 3.0% above Wikidata's official figure of 7,280 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
Our measured 7,340 km² is 6.6% below Wikidata's official figure of 7,860 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. The outline of Friuli-Venezia Giulia 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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