Miyazaki is 1.07× the size of Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Miyazaki (prefecture of Japan) covers about 7,860 km² (3,030 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.

7,860km²Miyazaki
7,340km²Friuli-Venezia Giulia

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Miyazaki
Friuli-Venezia Giulia

What fits

Friuli-Venezia Giulia is 93% of the size of Miyazaki.
Miyazaki is larger by 515 km² (199 mi²), which is 7.0% of the area of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
Measured in Belgiums: Miyazaki is about 0.26, Friuli-Venezia Giulia about 0.24.

How they differ

Miyazaki is larger, but Friuli-Venezia Giulia has the larger population: 1.2 million against 1.1 million, 1.15× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 166 in Friuli-Venezia Giulia against 135 in Miyazaki: Friuli-Venezia Giulia is 1.23× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,330 km apart.
On a standard web map Friuli-Venezia Giulia looks larger than Miyazaki: Miyazaki at 32°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Friuli-Venezia Giulia at 46°N about 2.1×, so the map shows Friuli-Venezia Giulia as 1.40× the size of Miyazaki, when Miyazaki is 1.07× the size of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
Together Miyazaki and Friuli-Venezia Giulia cover 15,200 km², close to the size of East Timor (15,100 km², 0.8% smaller).
The gap between them, 515 km², is about the size of Singapore (511 km²).
At Friuli-Venezia Giulia's density, Miyazaki would have 1.3 million people (it has 1.1 million). At Miyazaki's density, Friuli-Venezia Giulia would have 991,000 (it has 1.2 million).
Friuli-Venezia Giulia's centre is 14.0° of latitude, about 1,550 km, farther north than Miyazaki's.
Miyazaki is the 13th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.1% of its area; it is the 39th 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 14° of latitude (roughly 1,550 km) north of Miyazaki.
Shared out evenly, each person in Miyazaki would have about 7,400 m² and each person in Friuli-Venezia Giulia about 6,040 m².
Laid side by side, Miyazaki and Friuli-Venezia Giulia would cover 15,200 km², about the same size as East Timor.
Together they have 2.3 million people, 94% as many people as Moldova.

Side by side

	Miyazaki	Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Is a	PrefectureJapan	RegionItaly
Area, measured	7,860 km²3,030 mi²	7,340 km²2,830 mi²
Official area	7,740 km²Wikidata	7,860 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	13th of 47in Japan	17th of 20in Italy
Population	1.1 millionWikidata, 2021	1.2 millionWikidata, 2019
Rank by population	36th of 47in Japan	15th of 20in Italy
Density	135 per km²	166 per km²
Capital	Miyazaki	Trieste
Latitude range	31°N to 33°N	46°N to 47°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 7,740 km² agrees with our measured area of 7,860 km², to within 2%.
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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