Yamaguchi is 1.10× the size of Liguria
Yamaguchi (prefecture of Japan) covers about 6,020 km² (2,320 mi²) and Liguria (region of Italy) about 5,490 km² (2,120 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 6,020km²Yamaguchi
- 5,490km²Liguria
50 km
- Yamaguchi
- Liguria
What fits
- Liguria is 91% of the size of Yamaguchi.
- Yamaguchi is larger by 530 km² (205 mi²), which is 9.7% of the area of Liguria.
- Measured in Belgiums: Yamaguchi is about 0.20, Liguria about 0.18.
How they differ
- Yamaguchi is larger, but Liguria has the larger population: 1.6 million against 1.3 million, 1.16× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 282 in Liguria against 222 in Yamaguchi: Liguria is 1.27× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,560 km apart.
- On a standard web map Liguria looks larger than Yamaguchi: Yamaguchi at 34°N is drawn about 1.5× too large and Liguria at 44°N about 2.0×, so the map shows Liguria as 1.22× the size of Yamaguchi, when Yamaguchi is 1.10× the size of Liguria.
- Together Yamaguchi and Liguria cover 11,500 km², close to the size of Falkland Islands (11,600 km², 0.7% bigger).
- The gap between them, 530 km², is about the size of Singapore (511 km²).
- At Liguria's density, Yamaguchi would have 1.7 million people (it has 1.3 million). At Yamaguchi's density, Liguria would have 1.2 million (it has 1.6 million).
- Liguria's centre is 10.1° of latitude, about 1,120 km, farther north than Yamaguchi'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.
- Liguria is the 18th largest of the 20 regions of Italy and covers 1.8% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
- Liguria lies about 10° of latitude (roughly 1,120 km) north of Yamaguchi.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Yamaguchi would have about 4,510 m² and each person in Liguria about 3,540 m².
- Laid side by side, Yamaguchi and Liguria would cover 11,500 km², 1.03× the size of Qatar.
- Together they have 2.9 million people, about as many people as Lithuania.
Side by side
| Yamaguchi | Liguria | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | PrefectureJapan | RegionItaly |
| Area, measured | 6,020 km²2,320 mi² | 5,490 km²2,120 mi² |
| Official area | 6,110 km²Wikidata | 5,420 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 24th of 47in Japan | 18th of 20in Italy |
| Population | 1.3 millionWikidata, 2021 | 1.6 millionWikidata, 2019 |
| Rank by population | 27th of 47in Japan | 12th of 20in Italy |
| Density | 222 per km² | 282 per km² |
| Capital | Yamaguchi | Genoa |
| Latitude range | 34°N to 35°N | 44°N to 45°N |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2019. 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 5,420 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,490 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Liguria is the provinces Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
- 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