Prince Edward Island is 1.29× the size of Wakayama

Prince Edward Island (province of Canada) covers about 5,730 km² (2,210 mi²) and Wakayama (prefecture of Japan) about 4,430 km² (1,710 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

5,730km²Prince Edward Island
4,430km²Wakayama

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Prince Edward Island
Wakayama

What fits

Wakayama is 77% of the size of Prince Edward Island.
Prince Edward Island is larger by 1,300 km² (504 mi²), which is 29% of the area of Wakayama.
Measured in Belgiums: Prince Edward Island is about 0.19, Wakayama about 0.14.

How they differ

Prince Edward Island is larger, but Wakayama has the larger population: 911,000 against 154,000, 5.90× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 206 in Wakayama against 27 in Prince Edward Island: Wakayama is 7.64× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,900 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Prince Edward Island at 46°N is drawn about 2.1× too large and Wakayama at 34°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Prince Edward Island as 1.88× the size of Wakayama instead of 1.29×.
Together Prince Edward Island and Wakayama cover 10,200 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 1.5% smaller).
The gap between them, 1,300 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
At Wakayama's density, Prince Edward Island would have 1.2 million people (it has 154,000). At Prince Edward Island's density, Wakayama would have 119,000 (it has 911,000).
Prince Edward Island's centre is 12.5° of latitude, about 1,390 km, farther north than Wakayama'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.
Wakayama is the 32nd largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.2% of its area; it is the 29th most densely populated of them.
Prince Edward Island lies about 12° of latitude (roughly 1,390 km) north of Wakayama.
Shared out evenly, each person in Prince Edward Island would have about 37,150 m² and each person in Wakayama about 4,860 m².
Laid side by side, Prince Edward Island and Wakayama would cover 10,200 km², about the same size as Lebanon.
Together they have 1.1 million people, 92% as many people as Djibouti.

Side by side

	Prince Edward Island	Wakayama
Is a	ProvinceCanada	PrefectureJapan
Area, measured	5,730 km²2,210 mi²	4,430 km²1,710 mi²
Official area	5,620 km²Wikidata	4,730 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	13th of 13in Canada	32nd of 47in Japan
Population	154,000Wikidata, 2021	911,000Wikidata, 2021
Rank by population	10th of 13in Canada	40th of 47in Japan
Density	27 per km²	206 per km²
Capital	Charlottetown	Wakayama
Latitude range	46°N to 47°N	33°N to 34°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 4,430 km² is 6.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 4,730 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
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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