Schleswig-Holstein is 1.84× the size of Hyogo

Schleswig-Holstein (state of Germany) covers about 15,400 km² (5,960 mi²) and Hyogo (prefecture of Japan) about 8,380 km² (3,240 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

15,400km²Schleswig-Holstein
8,380km²Hyogo

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Schleswig-Holstein
Hyogo

What fits

Hyogo is 54% of the size of Schleswig-Holstein.
Schleswig-Holstein is larger by 7,050 km² (2,720 mi²), which is 84% of the area of Hyogo.
Measured in Belgiums: Schleswig-Holstein is about 0.50, Hyogo about 0.27.

How they differ

Schleswig-Holstein is larger, but Hyogo has the larger population: 5.5 million against 3.0 million, 1.85× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 651 in Hyogo against 191 in Schleswig-Holstein: Hyogo is 3.40× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,780 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Schleswig-Holstein at 54°N is drawn about 2.9× too large and Hyogo at 35°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Schleswig-Holstein as 3.60× the size of Hyogo instead of 1.84×.
Together Schleswig-Holstein and Hyogo cover 23,800 km², close to the size of Rwanda (25,300 km², 6.2% bigger).
The gap between them, 7,050 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
At Hyogo's density, Schleswig-Holstein would have 10.0 million people (it has 3.0 million). At Schleswig-Holstein's density, Hyogo would have 1.6 million (it has 5.5 million).
Schleswig-Holstein's centre is 19.1° of latitude, about 2,130 km, farther north than Hyogo'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.
Hyogo is the 11th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.2% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
Schleswig-Holstein lies about 19° of latitude (roughly 2,130 km) north of Hyogo.
Shared out evenly, each person in Schleswig-Holstein would have about 5,230 m² and each person in Hyogo about 1,540 m².
Laid side by side, Schleswig-Holstein and Hyogo would cover 23,800 km², 94% of the size of Rwanda.
Together they have 8.4 million people, about as many people as Honduras.

Side by side

	Schleswig-Holstein	Hyogo
Is a	StateGermany	PrefectureJapan
Area, measured	15,400 km²5,960 mi²	8,380 km²3,240 mi²
Official area	15,800 km²Wikidata	8,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	12th of 16in Germany	11th of 47in Japan
Population	3.0 millionWikidata, 2022	5.5 millionWikidata, 2021
Rank by population	9th of 16in Germany	7th of 47in Japan
Density	191 per km²	651 per km²
Capital	Kiel	Kobe
Latitude range	53°N to 55°N	34°N to 36°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 8,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 8,380 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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