Nara is 1.48× the size of Luxembourg
Nara (prefecture of Japan) covers about 3,850 km² (1,490 mi²) and Luxembourg (Europe) about 2,610 km² (1,010 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 3,850km²Nara
- 2,610km²Luxembourg
20 km
- Nara
- Luxembourg
What fits
- Luxembourg is 68% of the size of Nara.
- Nara is larger by 1,240 km² (480 mi²), which is 48% of the area of Luxembourg.
- Measured in Belgiums: Nara is about 0.13, Luxembourg about 0.09.
How they differ
- Nara also has the larger population: 1.3 million against 691,000, 1.91× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 343 in Nara against 265 in Luxembourg: Nara is 1.29× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,440 km apart.
- On a standard web map Luxembourg looks larger than Nara: Nara at 34°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Luxembourg at 50°N about 2.4×, so the map shows Luxembourg as 1.11× the size of Nara, when Nara is 1.48× the size of Luxembourg.
- Together Nara and Luxembourg cover 6,460 km², close to the size of Palestine (6,070 km², 6.0% smaller).
- The gap between them, 1,240 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
- At Luxembourg's density, Nara would have 1.0 million people (it has 1.3 million). At Nara's density, Luxembourg would have 894,000 (it has 691,000).
- Luxembourg's centre is 15.5° of latitude, about 1,720 km, farther north than Nara's.
- Nara is the 40th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.0% of its area; it is the 15th most densely populated of them.
- Luxembourg ranks 181st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Luxembourg lies about 15° of latitude (roughly 1,720 km) north of Nara.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Nara would have about 2,920 m² and each person in Luxembourg about 3,780 m².
- Laid side by side, Nara and Luxembourg would cover 6,460 km², 1.13× the size of Brunei.
- Together they have 2.0 million people, about as many people as Lesotho.
- Counted as a country, Nara would rank 177th by area and 159th by population.
Side by side
| Nara | Luxembourg | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | PrefectureJapan | CountryEurope |
| Area, measured | 3,850 km²1,490 mi² | 2,610 km²1,010 mi² |
| Official area | 3,690 km²Wikidata | 2,590 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 40th of 47in Japan | 180th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 1.3 millionWikidata, 2021 | 691,000Wikidata, 2026 |
| Rank by population | 29th of 47in Japan | 166th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 343 per km² | 265 per km² |
| Capital | Nara | Luxembourg |
| Latitude range | 34°N to 35°N | 49°N to 50°N |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2026. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 3,850 km² is 4.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 3,690 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Wikidata's official figure of 2,590 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,610 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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