Yamaguchi is 1.05× the size of Brunei
Yamaguchi (prefecture of Japan) covers about 6,020 km² (2,320 mi²) and Brunei (Asia) about 5,720 km² (2,210 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 6,020km²Yamaguchi
- 5,720km²Brunei
50 km
- Yamaguchi
- Brunei
What fits
- Brunei is 95% of the size of Yamaguchi.
- Yamaguchi is larger by 305 km² (118 mi²), which is 5.3% of the area of Brunei.
- Measured in Belgiums: Yamaguchi is about 0.20, Brunei about 0.19.
How they differ
- Yamaguchi also has the larger population: 1.3 million against 459,000, 2.91× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 222 in Yamaguchi against 80 in Brunei: Yamaguchi is 2.76× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 3,730 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Yamaguchi at 34°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Brunei at 5°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Yamaguchi as 1.53× the size of Brunei instead of 1.05×.
- Together Yamaguchi and Brunei cover 11,700 km², close to the size of Falkland Islands (11,600 km², 1.2% smaller).
- The gap between them, 305 km², is about the size of Malta (326 km²).
- At Brunei's density, Yamaguchi would have 483,000 people (it has 1.3 million). At Yamaguchi's density, Brunei would have 1.3 million (it has 459,000).
- Yamaguchi's centre is 29.7° of latitude, about 3,300 km, farther north than Brunei's.
- Yamaguchi is the 24th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.6% of its area; it is the 28th most densely populated of them.
- Brunei ranks 173rd of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Yamaguchi lies about 30° of latitude (roughly 3,300 km) north of Brunei.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Yamaguchi would have about 4,510 m² and each person in Brunei about 12,460 m².
- Laid side by side, Yamaguchi and Brunei would cover 11,700 km², 95% of the size of Vanuatu.
- Together they have 1.8 million people, about as many people as North Macedonia.
- Counted as a country, Yamaguchi would rank 172nd by area and 159th by population.
Side by side
| Yamaguchi | Brunei | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | PrefectureJapan | CountryAsia |
| Area, measured | 6,020 km²2,320 mi² | 5,720 km²2,210 mi² |
| Official area | 6,110 km²Wikidata | 5,770 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 24th of 47in Japan | 172nd of 239worldwide |
| Population | 1.3 millionWikidata, 2021 | 459,000Wikidata, 2023 |
| Rank by population | 27th of 47in Japan | 174th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 222 per km² | 80 per km² |
| Capital | Yamaguchi | Bandar Seri Begawan |
| Latitude range | 34°N to 35°N | 4°N to 5°N |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2023. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 6,110 km² agrees with our measured area of 6,020 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 5,770 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,720 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