Prince Edward Island is 1.44× the size of Nagasaki

Prince Edward Island (province of Canada) covers about 5,730 km² (2,210 mi²) and Nagasaki (prefecture of Japan) about 3,990 km² (1,540 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

5,730km²Prince Edward Island
3,990km²Nagasaki

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Prince Edward Island
Nagasaki

What fits

Nagasaki is 70% of the size of Prince Edward Island.
Prince Edward Island is larger by 1,740 km² (673 mi²), which is 44% of the area of Nagasaki.
Measured in Belgiums: Prince Edward Island is about 0.19, Nagasaki about 0.13.

How they differ

Prince Edward Island is larger, but Nagasaki has the larger population: 1.3 million against 154,000, 8.47× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 328 in Nagasaki against 27 in Prince Edward Island: Nagasaki is 12.2× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 11,100 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Prince Edward Island at 46°N is drawn about 2.1× too large and Nagasaki at 33°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Prince Edward Island as 2.11× the size of Nagasaki instead of 1.44×.
Together Prince Edward Island and Nagasaki cover 9,720 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 2.9% bigger).
The gap between them, 1,740 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
At Nagasaki's density, Prince Edward Island would have 1.9 million people (it has 154,000). At Prince Edward Island's density, Nagasaki would have 107,000 (it has 1.3 million).
Prince Edward Island's centre is 13.2° of latitude, about 1,460 km, farther north than Nagasaki's.
Prince Edward Island is the 13th largest of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
Nagasaki is the 38th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 18th most densely populated of them.
Prince Edward Island lies about 13° of latitude (roughly 1,460 km) north of Nagasaki.
Shared out evenly, each person in Prince Edward Island would have about 37,150 m² and each person in Nagasaki about 3,050 m².
Laid side by side, Prince Edward Island and Nagasaki would cover 9,720 km², about the same size as Lebanon.
Together they have 1.5 million people, 1.04× as many people as East Timor.

Side by side

	Prince Edward Island	Nagasaki
Is a	ProvinceCanada	PrefectureJapan
Area, measured	5,730 km²2,210 mi²	3,990 km²1,540 mi²
Official area	5,620 km²Wikidata	4,110 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	13th of 13in Canada	38th of 47in Japan
Population	154,000Wikidata, 2021	1.3 millionWikidata, 2021
Rank by population	10th of 13in Canada	30th of 47in Japan
Density	27 per km²	328 per km²
Capital	Charlottetown	Nagasaki
Latitude range	46°N to 47°N	33°N to 35°N

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

Our measured 5,730 km² is 2.0% above Wikidata's official figure of 5,620 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
Our measured 3,990 km² is 2.8% below Wikidata's official figure of 4,110 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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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

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