Sergipe is 1.54× the size of Fukushima
Sergipe (state of Brazil) covers about 21,600 km² (8,340 mi²) and Fukushima (prefecture of Japan) about 14,000 km² (5,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 21,600km²Sergipe
- 14,000km²Fukushima
50 km
- Sergipe
- Fukushima
What fits
- Fukushima is 65% of the size of Sergipe.
- Sergipe is larger by 7,620 km² (2,940 mi²), which is 54% of the area of Fukushima.
- Measured in Belgiums: Sergipe is about 0.70, Fukushima about 0.46.
How they differ
- Sergipe also has the larger population: 2.2 million against 1.8 million, 1.21× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 131 in Fukushima against 102 in Sergipe: Fukushima is 1.28× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 17,000 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Sergipe at 11°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Fukushima at 37°N about 1.6×, so the map shows Sergipe as 1.01× the size of Fukushima instead of 1.54×.
- Together Sergipe and Fukushima cover 35,600 km², close to the size of Taiwan (36,200 km², 1.7% bigger).
- The gap between them, 7,620 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
- At Fukushima's density, Sergipe would have 2.8 million people (it has 2.2 million). At Sergipe's density, Fukushima would have 1.4 million (it has 1.8 million).
- Fukushima's centre is 47.9° of latitude, about 5,330 km, farther north than Sergipe's.
- Sergipe is the 26th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
- Fukushima is the 3rd largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 3.7% of its area; it is the 40th most densely populated of them.
- Fukushima lies about 48° of latitude (roughly 5,330 km) north of Sergipe, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Sergipe would have about 9,780 m² and each person in Fukushima about 7,660 m².
- Laid side by side, Sergipe and Fukushima would cover 35,600 km², 96% of the size of the Netherlands.
- Together they have 4.0 million people, about as many people as Georgia.
Side by side
| Sergipe | Fukushima | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateBrazil | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 21,600 km²8,340 mi² | 14,000 km²5,400 mi² |
| Official area | 22,100 km²Wikidata | 13,800 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 26th of 27in Brazil | 3rd of 47in Japan |
| Population | 2.2 millionWikidata, 2022 | 1.8 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 22nd of 27in Brazil | 21st of 47in Japan |
| Density | 102 per km² | 131 per km² |
| Capital | Aracaju | Fukushima |
| Latitude range | 12°S to 10°S | 37°N to 38°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 21,600 km² is 2.0% below Wikidata's official figure of 22,100 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Wikidata's official figure of 13,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 14,000 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