Prefecture of Japan
Akita
秋田県Akita is a prefecture of Japan. It covers about 11,700 km² (4,530 mi²), the 6th largest of the 47 prefectures in Natural Earth’s file for Japan, and 95% of the size of Vanuatu. About 946,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2021).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 11,700 km²4,530 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 11,600 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Japan | 3.1%of the area of the 47 prefectures |
| Rank by area | 6th of 47prefectures of Japan |
| Population | 946,000Wikidata, 2021 |
| Density | 81 people per km² |
| Capital | Akita |
| Latitude range | 39°N to 41°N |
| Type | PrefectureJP-05 |
What the numbers say about Akita
- Akita covers 3.1% of the area of Japan and ranks 39th of 47 by population, against 6th by area.
- It would take 31.9 prefectures the size of Akita to cover Japan.
- The largest, Hokkaido (Japan), is 6.72× the size of Akita; the smallest, Kagawa, is 16% of it.
- Closest in size within Japan: Niigata (12,500 km², 1.06×) and Gifu (10,700 km², 1.10×).
- Counted as a country, Akita would be larger than 77 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 163rd by area, between Vanuatu (12,300 km²) and Falkland Islands (11,600 km²).
- With 946,000 people it would rank 162nd of 238 by population.
- Akita has 81 people per km², about the density of Romania, which has 81 per km².
- That makes Akita the 45th most densely populated of the 47 prefectures, 24% of the average for Japan (338 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 40°N is drawn about 1.7× too large in area, so Akita looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Akita stretches about 181 km north to south and 108 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 11,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 11,700 km², to within 2%.
Beside the regions of other countries
The closest region by area and by people in each of the other countries that have regional pages here, within a factor of 2. All 395 regions side by side.
- ChinaAreaTianjin1.02× · 11,500 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaConnecticut0.92× · 12,700 km²PeopleDelaware0.96× · 990,000 (2020)
- IndiaAreaTripura1.09× · 10,700 km²PeopleChandigarh90% · 1.1 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaSchleswig-Holstein76% · 15,400 km²PeopleSaarland0.94× · 1.0 million (2022)
- FranceAreaÎle-de-France0.97× · 12,100 km²PeopleRéunion (France)1.07× · 881,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaAbruzzo1.08× · 10,900 km²PeopleUmbria1.07× · 882,000 (2019)
- SpainAreaMurcia1.04× · 11,300 km²PeopleAsturias0.94× · 1.0 million (2024)
- BrazilAreaSergipe54% · 21,600 km²PeopleAcre1.14× · 830,000 (2022)
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeopleNova Scotia0.98× · 969,000 (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleTasmania (Australia)1.75× · 540,000 (2020)
- MexicoAreaQuerétaro1.00× · 11,700 km²PeopleCampeche1.02× · 928,000 (2020)
- ThailandAreaNan1.00× · 11,700 km²PeopleMaha Sarakham0.99× · 954,000 (2020)
Where Akita sits in Japan
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded. The region’s whole area is counted, every island included.
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-12
- Population
- Wikidata, 2021. Japan’s units share the 2021 figures where Wikidata has them; the year is shown wherever the figure is.
- Matching
- Countries come from Natural Earth’s country file. Places whose status is contested and dependencies are never used as automatic matches. A region under 2,500 km² is matched against the small countries and island nations.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12