Wakayama is 1.70× the size of Luxembourg
Wakayama (prefecture of Japan) covers about 4,430 km² (1,710 mi²) and Luxembourg (Europe) about 2,610 km² (1,010 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 4,430km²Wakayama
- 2,610km²Luxembourg
20 km
- Wakayama
- Luxembourg
What fits
- Luxembourg is 59% of the size of Wakayama.
- Wakayama is larger by 1,820 km² (703 mi²), which is 70% of the area of Luxembourg.
- Measured in Belgiums: Wakayama is about 0.14, Luxembourg about 0.09.
How they differ
- Wakayama also has the larger population: 911,000 against 691,000, 1.32× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 265 in Luxembourg against 206 in Wakayama: Luxembourg is 1.29× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,460 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Wakayama at 34°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Luxembourg at 50°N about 2.4×, so the map shows Wakayama as 1.03× the size of Luxembourg instead of 1.70×.
- Together Wakayama and Luxembourg cover 7,040 km², close to the size of Palestine (6,070 km², 14% smaller).
- The gap between them, 1,820 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
- At Luxembourg's density, Wakayama would have 1.2 million people (it has 911,000). At Wakayama's density, Luxembourg would have 536,000 (it has 691,000).
- Luxembourg's centre is 15.9° of latitude, about 1,760 km, farther north than Wakayama's.
- Wakayama is the 32nd largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.2% of its area; it is the 29th most densely populated of them.
- Luxembourg ranks 181st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Luxembourg lies about 16° of latitude (roughly 1,760 km) north of Wakayama.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Wakayama would have about 4,860 m² and each person in Luxembourg about 3,780 m².
- Laid side by side, Wakayama and Luxembourg would cover 7,040 km², 1.23× the size of Brunei.
- Together they have 1.6 million people, 1.14× as many people as East Timor.
- Counted as a country, Wakayama would rank 175th by area and 163rd by population.
Side by side
| Wakayama | Luxembourg | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | PrefectureJapan | CountryEurope |
| Area, measured | 4,430 km²1,710 mi² | 2,610 km²1,010 mi² |
| Official area | 4,730 km²Wikidata | 2,590 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 32nd of 47in Japan | 180th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 911,000Wikidata, 2021 | 691,000Wikidata, 2026 |
| Rank by population | 40th of 47in Japan | 166th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 206 per km² | 265 per km² |
| Capital | Wakayama | Luxembourg |
| Latitude range | 33°N to 34°N | 49°N to 50°N |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2026. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 4,430 km² is 6.3% below Wikidata's official figure of 4,730 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
- Wikidata's official figure of 2,590 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,610 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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