Saitama is 1.49× the size of Luxembourg
Saitama (prefecture of Japan) covers about 3,880 km² (1,500 mi²) and Luxembourg (Europe) about 2,610 km² (1,010 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 3,880km²Saitama
- 2,610km²Luxembourg
20 km
- Saitama
- Luxembourg
What fits
- Luxembourg is 67% of the size of Saitama.
- Saitama is larger by 1,280 km² (493 mi²), which is 49% of the area of Luxembourg.
- Measured in Belgiums: Saitama is about 0.13, Luxembourg about 0.09.
How they differ
- Saitama also has the larger population: 7.3 million against 691,000, 10.6× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 1,890 in Saitama against 265 in Luxembourg: Saitama is 7.14× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,430 km apart.
- On a standard web map Luxembourg looks larger than Saitama: Saitama at 36°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Luxembourg at 50°N about 2.4×, so the map shows Luxembourg as 1.05× the size of Saitama, when Saitama is 1.49× the size of Luxembourg.
- Together Saitama and Luxembourg cover 6,490 km², close to the size of Palestine (6,070 km², 6.4% smaller).
- The gap between them, 1,280 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
- At Luxembourg's density, Saitama would have 1.0 million people (it has 7.3 million). At Saitama's density, Luxembourg would have 4.9 million (it has 691,000).
- Luxembourg's centre is 13.8° of latitude, about 1,530 km, farther north than Saitama's.
- 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.
- Luxembourg ranks 181st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Luxembourg lies about 14° of latitude (roughly 1,530 km) north of Saitama.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Saitama would have about 530 m² and each person in Luxembourg about 3,780 m².
- Laid side by side, Saitama and Luxembourg would cover 6,490 km², 1.14× the size of Brunei.
- Together they have 8.0 million people, 1.03× as many people as Togo.
- Counted as a country, Saitama would rank 177th by area and 105th by population.
Side by side
| Saitama | Luxembourg | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | PrefectureJapan | CountryEurope |
| Area, measured | 3,880 km²1,500 mi² | 2,610 km²1,010 mi² |
| Official area | 3,800 km²Wikidata | 2,590 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 39th of 47in Japan | 180th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 7.3 millionWikidata, 2021 | 691,000Wikidata, 2026 |
| Rank by population | 5th of 47in Japan | 166th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 1,890 per km² | 265 per km² |
| Capital | Saitama | Luxembourg |
| Latitude range | 36°N to 36°N | 49°N to 50°N |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2026. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- 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.
- Wikidata's official figure of 2,590 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,610 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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