Schleswig-Holstein is 1.32× the size of Akita

Schleswig-Holstein (state of Germany) covers about 15,400 km² (5,960 mi²) and Akita (prefecture of Japan) about 11,700 km² (4,530 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

15,400km²Schleswig-Holstein
11,700km²Akita

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Schleswig-Holstein
Akita

What fits

Akita is 76% of the size of Schleswig-Holstein.
Schleswig-Holstein is larger by 3,710 km² (1,430 mi²), which is 32% of the area of Akita.
Measured in Belgiums: Schleswig-Holstein is about 0.50, Akita about 0.38.

How they differ

Schleswig-Holstein also has the larger population: 3.0 million against 946,000, 3.12× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 191 in Schleswig-Holstein against 81 in Akita: Schleswig-Holstein is 2.37× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,560 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Schleswig-Holstein at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Akita at 40°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Schleswig-Holstein as 2.27× the size of Akita instead of 1.32×.
Together Schleswig-Holstein and Akita cover 27,200 km², close to the size of Solomon Islands (27,200 km², 0.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 3,710 km², is about the size of Cape Verde (3,930 km²).
At Akita's density, Schleswig-Holstein would have 1.2 million people (it has 3.0 million). At Schleswig-Holstein's density, Akita would have 2.2 million (it has 946,000).
Schleswig-Holstein's centre is 14.4° of latitude, about 1,610 km, farther north than Akita's.
Schleswig-Holstein is the 12th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 4.3% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
Akita is the 6th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 3.1% of its area; it is the 45th most densely populated of them.
Schleswig-Holstein lies about 14° of latitude (roughly 1,610 km) north of Akita.
Shared out evenly, each person in Schleswig-Holstein would have about 5,230 m² and each person in Akita about 12,390 m².
Laid side by side, Schleswig-Holstein and Akita would cover 27,200 km², about the same size as the Solomon Islands.
Together they have 3.9 million people, about as many people as Croatia.

Side by side

	Schleswig-Holstein	Akita
Is a	StateGermany	PrefectureJapan
Area, measured	15,400 km²5,960 mi²	11,700 km²4,530 mi²
Official area	15,800 km²Wikidata	11,600 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	12th of 16in Germany	6th of 47in Japan
Population	3.0 millionWikidata, 2022	946,000Wikidata, 2021
Rank by population	9th of 16in Germany	39th of 47in Japan
Density	191 per km²	81 per km²
Capital	Kiel	Akita
Latitude range	53°N to 55°N	39°N to 41°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 15,400 km² is 2.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 15,800 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
Wikidata's official figure of 11,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 11,700 km², to within 2%.

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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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