Shimane is 1.19× the size of Federal District
Shimane (prefecture of Japan) covers about 6,880 km² (2,660 mi²) and Federal District (federal district of Brazil) about 5,790 km² (2,240 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 6,880km²Shimane
- 5,790km²Federal District
50 km
- Shimane
- Federal District
What fits
- Federal District is 84% of the size of Shimane.
- Shimane is larger by 1,090 km² (419 mi²), which is 19% of the area of Federal District.
- Measured in Belgiums: Shimane is about 0.22, Federal District about 0.19.
How they differ
- Shimane is larger, but Federal District has the larger population: 2.8 million against 665,000, 4.24× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 486 in Federal District against 97 in Shimane: Federal District is 5.03× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 17,900 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Shimane at 35°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Federal District at 16°S about 1.1×, so the map shows Shimane as 1.64× the size of Federal District instead of 1.19×.
- Together Shimane and Federal District cover 12,700 km², close to the size of Bahamas (12,600 km², 0.5% smaller).
- The gap between them, 1,090 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
- At Federal District's density, Shimane would have 3.3 million people (it has 665,000). At Shimane's density, Federal District would have 560,000 (it has 2.8 million).
- Shimane's centre is 50.8° of latitude, about 5,650 km, farther north than Federal District's.
- Shimane is the 19th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.8% of its area; it is the 44th most densely populated of them.
- Federal District is the 27th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
- Shimane lies about 51° of latitude (roughly 5,650 km) north of Federal District, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Shimane would have about 10,350 m² and each person in Federal District about 2,060 m².
- Laid side by side, Shimane and Federal District would cover 12,700 km², about the same size as the Bahamas.
- Together they have 3.5 million people, about as many people as Eritrea.
Side by side
| Shimane | Federal District | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | PrefectureJapan | Federal DistrictBrazil |
| Area, measured | 6,880 km²2,660 mi² | 5,790 km²2,240 mi² |
| Official area | 6,710 km²Wikidata | 5,760 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 19th of 47in Japan | 27th of 27in Brazil |
| Population | 665,000Wikidata, 2021 | 2.8 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Rank by population | 46th of 47in Japan | 20th of 27in Brazil |
| Density | 97 per km² | 486 per km² |
| Capital | Matsue | Brasília |
| Latitude range | 34°N to 36°N | 16°S to 15°S |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 6,880 km² is 2.5% above Wikidata's official figure of 6,710 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Wikidata's official figure of 5,760 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,790 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