Prince Edward Island is 1.49× the size of Nara

Prince Edward Island (province of Canada) covers about 5,730 km² (2,210 mi²) and Nara (prefecture of Japan) about 3,850 km² (1,490 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

5,730km²Prince Edward Island
3,850km²Nara

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Prince Edward Island
Nara

What fits

Nara is 67% of the size of Prince Edward Island.
Prince Edward Island is larger by 1,880 km² (727 mi²), which is 49% of the area of Nara.
Measured in Belgiums: Prince Edward Island is about 0.19, Nara about 0.13.

How they differ

Prince Edward Island is larger, but Nara has the larger population: 1.3 million against 154,000, 8.55× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 343 in Nara against 27 in Prince Edward Island: Nara is 12.7× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,800 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Prince Edward Island at 46°N is drawn about 2.1× too large and Nara at 34°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Prince Edward Island as 2.14× the size of Nara instead of 1.49×.
Together Prince Edward Island and Nara cover 9,580 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 4.4% bigger).
The gap between them, 1,880 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
At Nara's density, Prince Edward Island would have 2.0 million people (it has 154,000). At Prince Edward Island's density, Nara would have 104,000 (it has 1.3 million).
Prince Edward Island's centre is 12.1° of latitude, about 1,350 km, farther north than Nara'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.
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.
Prince Edward Island lies about 12° of latitude (roughly 1,350 km) north of Nara.
Shared out evenly, each person in Prince Edward Island would have about 37,150 m² and each person in Nara about 2,920 m².
Laid side by side, Prince Edward Island and Nara would cover 9,580 km², 96% of the size of Lebanon.
Together they have 1.5 million people, 1.05× as many people as East Timor.

Side by side

	Prince Edward Island	Nara
Is a	ProvinceCanada	PrefectureJapan
Area, measured	5,730 km²2,210 mi²	3,850 km²1,490 mi²
Official area	5,620 km²Wikidata	3,690 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	13th of 13in Canada	40th of 47in Japan
Population	154,000Wikidata, 2021	1.3 millionWikidata, 2021
Rank by population	10th of 13in Canada	29th of 47in Japan
Density	27 per km²	343 per km²
Capital	Charlottetown	Nara
Latitude range	46°N to 47°N	34°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 3,850 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.

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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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