Shizuoka is 1.14× the size of Shanghai
Shizuoka (prefecture of Japan) covers about 7,670 km² (2,960 mi²) and Shanghai (municipality of China) about 6,750 km² (2,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 7,670km²Shizuoka
- 6,750km²Shanghai
50 km
- Shizuoka
- Shanghai
What fits
- Shanghai is 88% of the size of Shizuoka.
- Shizuoka is larger by 922 km² (356 mi²), which is 14% of the area of Shanghai.
- Measured in Belgiums: Shizuoka is about 0.25, Shanghai about 0.22.
How they differ
- Shizuoka is larger, but Shanghai has the larger population: 24.9 million against 3.6 million, 6.89× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 3,687 in Shanghai against 471 in Shizuoka: Shanghai is 7.83× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 1,630 km apart.
- Together Shizuoka and Shanghai cover 14,400 km², close to the size of East Timor (15,100 km², 4.6% bigger).
- The gap between them, 922 km², is about the size of Åland (942 km²).
- At Shanghai's density, Shizuoka would have 28.3 million people (it has 3.6 million). At Shizuoka's density, Shanghai would have 3.2 million (it has 24.9 million).
- Shizuoka's centre is 3.8° of latitude, about 430 km, farther north than Shanghai's.
- Shizuoka is the 14th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 2.1% of its area; it is the 12th most densely populated of them.
- Shanghai is the 31st largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
- Shizuoka lies about 4° of latitude (roughly 425 km) north of Shanghai.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Shizuoka would have about 2,120 m² and each person in Shanghai about 270 m².
- Laid side by side, Shizuoka and Shanghai would cover 14,400 km², 96% of the size of East Timor.
- Together they have 28.5 million people, about as many people as Cameroon.
Side by side
| Shizuoka | Shanghai | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | PrefectureJapan | MunicipalityChina |
| Area, measured | 7,670 km²2,960 mi² | 6,750 km²2,600 mi² |
| Official area | 7,780 km²Wikidata | 6,340 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 14th of 47in Japan | 31st of 31in China |
| Population | 3.6 millionWikidata, 2021 | 24.9 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 10th of 47in Japan | 23rd of 31in China |
| Density | 471 per km² | 3,687 per km² |
| Capital | Shizuoka | – |
| Latitude range | 35°N to 36°N | 31°N to 32°N |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 7,780 km² agrees with our measured area of 7,670 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 6,750 km² is 6.4% above Wikidata's official figure of 6,340 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
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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