Prince Edward Island is 1.48× the size of Saitama

Prince Edward Island (province of Canada) covers about 5,730 km² (2,210 mi²) and Saitama (prefecture of Japan) about 3,880 km² (1,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

5,730km²Prince Edward Island
3,880km²Saitama

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Prince Edward Island
Saitama

What fits

Saitama is 68% of the size of Prince Edward Island.
Prince Edward Island is larger by 1,850 km² (714 mi²), which is 48% of the area of Saitama.
Measured in Belgiums: Prince Edward Island is about 0.19, Saitama about 0.13.

How they differ

Prince Edward Island is larger, but Saitama has the larger population: 7.3 million against 154,000, 47.6× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 1,890 in Saitama against 27 in Prince Edward Island: Saitama is 70.2× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,600 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Prince Edward Island at 46°N is drawn about 2.1× too large and Saitama at 36°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Prince Edward Island as 2.03× the size of Saitama instead of 1.48×.
Together Prince Edward Island and Saitama cover 9,620 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 4.0% bigger).
The gap between them, 1,850 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
At Saitama's density, Prince Edward Island would have 10.8 million people (it has 154,000). At Prince Edward Island's density, Saitama would have 105,000 (it has 7.3 million).
Prince Edward Island's centre is 10.4° of latitude, about 1,160 km, farther north than Saitama'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.
Saitama is the 39th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.0% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
Prince Edward Island lies about 10° of latitude (roughly 1,160 km) north of Saitama.
Shared out evenly, each person in Prince Edward Island would have about 37,150 m² and each person in Saitama about 530 m².
Laid side by side, Prince Edward Island and Saitama would cover 9,620 km², 96% of the size of Lebanon.
Together they have 7.5 million people, about as many people as Sierra Leone.

Side by side

	Prince Edward Island	Saitama
Is a	ProvinceCanada	PrefectureJapan
Area, measured	5,730 km²2,210 mi²	3,880 km²1,500 mi²
Official area	5,620 km²Wikidata	3,800 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	13th of 13in Canada	39th of 47in Japan
Population	154,000Wikidata, 2021	7.3 millionWikidata, 2021
Rank by population	10th of 13in Canada	5th of 47in Japan
Density	27 per km²	1,890 per km²
Capital	Charlottetown	Saitama
Latitude range	46°N to 47°N	36°N to 36°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 3,880 km² is 2.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 3,800 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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