Prefecture of Japan
Aomori
青森県Aomori is a prefecture of Japan. It covers about 9,660 km² (3,730 mi²), the 8th largest of the 47 prefectures in Natural Earth’s file for Japan, and 97% of the size of Lebanon. About 1.2 million people live there (Wikidata, 2021).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 9,660 km²3,730 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 9,650 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Japan | 2.6%of the area of the 47 prefectures |
| Rank by area | 8th of 47prefectures of Japan |
| Population | 1.2 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Density | 128 people per km² |
| Capital | Aomori |
| Latitude range | 40°N to 42°N |
| Type | PrefectureJP-02 |
What the numbers say about Aomori
- Aomori covers 2.6% of the area of Japan and ranks 31st of 47 by population, against 8th by area.
- It would take 38.7 prefectures the size of Aomori to cover Japan.
- The largest, Hokkaido (Japan), is 8.16× the size of Aomori; the smallest, Kagawa, is 19% of it.
- Closest in size within Japan: Yamagata (9,240 km², 1.04×) and Kagoshima (8,850 km², 1.09×).
- Counted as a country, Aomori would be larger than 71 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 169th by area, between Lebanon (10,000 km²) and Puerto Rico (9,010 km²).
- With 1.2 million people it would rank 160th of 238 by population.
- Aomori has 128 people per km², about the density of Syria, which has 128 per km².
- That makes Aomori the 41st most densely populated of the 47 prefectures, 38% of the average for Japan (338 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 41°N is drawn about 1.7× too large in area, so Aomori looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Aomori stretches about 149 km north to south and 154 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 9,650 km² agrees with our measured area of 9,660 km², to within 2%.
About the same size as
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.
- ChinaAreaTianjin84% · 11,500 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaConnecticut76% · 12,700 km²PeopleMaine0.90× · 1.4 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaTripura90% · 10,700 km²PeopleArunachal Pradesh89% · 1.4 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaSchleswig-Holstein63% · 15,400 km²PeopleSaarland1.22× · 1.0 million (2022)
- FranceAreaCorsica (France)1.11× · 8,670 km²PeopleRéunion (France)1.40× · 881,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaMarche1.02× · 9,450 km²PeopleFriuli-Venezia Giulia1.01× · 1.2 million (2019)
- SpainAreaNavarre0.96× · 10,100 km²PeopleBalearic Islands1.05× · 1.2 million (2022)
- BrazilAreaFederal District1.67× · 5,790 km²PeopleTocantins82% · 1.5 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island1.68× · 5,730 km²PeopleSaskatchewan1.09× · 1.1 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleSouth Australia65% · 1.9 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaQuerétaro83% · 11,700 km²PeopleNayarit1.01× · 1.2 million (2015)
- ThailandAreaSakon Nakhon1.01× · 9,560 km²PeopleNonthaburi0.97× · 1.3 million (2020)
Where Aomori 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