Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is 6.21× the size of Fukuoka

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (region of France) covers about 31,300 km² (12,100 mi²) and Fukuoka (prefecture of Japan) about 5,050 km² (1,950 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

31,300km²Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
5,050km²Fukuoka

50 km

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
Fukuoka

What fits

Fukuoka fits inside Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur about 6.21 times by area.
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is larger by 26,300 km² (10,200 mi²), which is 521% of the area of Fukuoka.
Measured in Belgiums: Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is about 1.02, Fukuoka about 0.16.

How they differ

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur also has the larger population: 5.2 million against 5.1 million, 1.01× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 1,011 in Fukuoka against 165 in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur: Fukuoka is 6.13× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,740 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur at 44°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Fukuoka at 34°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur as 8.32× the size of Fukuoka instead of 6.21×.
Together Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur and Fukuoka cover 36,400 km², close to the size of Taiwan (36,200 km², 0.5% smaller).
The gap between them, 26,300 km², is about the size of Equatorial Guinea (26,700 km²).
At Fukuoka's density, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur would have 31.7 million people (it has 5.2 million). At Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur's density, Fukuoka would have 833,000 (it has 5.1 million).
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur's centre is 10.4° of latitude, about 1,160 km, farther north than Fukuoka's.
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is the 10th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 4.9% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
Fukuoka is the 28th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.4% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur lies about 10° of latitude (roughly 1,160 km) north of Fukuoka.
Shared out evenly, each person in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur would have about 6,060 m² and each person in Fukuoka about 990 m².
Laid side by side, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur and Fukuoka would cover 36,400 km², about the same size as the Netherlands.
Together they have 10.3 million people, about as many people as Portugal.

Side by side

	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	Fukuoka
Is a	RegionFrance	PrefectureJapan
Area, measured	31,300 km²12,100 mi²	5,050 km²1,950 mi²
Official area	31,400 km²Wikidata	4,970 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	10th of 18in France	28th of 47in Japan
Population	5.2 millionWikidata, 2022	5.1 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	7th of 18in France	9th of 47in Japan
Density	165 per km²	1,011 per km²
Capital	Marseille	Fukuoka
Latitude range	43°N to 45°N	33°N to 34°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 31,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 31,300 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 4,970 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,050 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is the departments Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
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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