Prefecture of Japan
Ehime
愛媛県Ehime is a prefecture of Japan. It covers about 5,630 km² (2,170 mi²), the 26th largest of the 47 prefectures in Natural Earth’s file for Japan, and about the same size as Brunei. About 1.3 million people live there (Wikidata, 2021).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 5,630 km²2,170 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 5,680 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Japan | 1.5%of the area of the 47 prefectures |
| Rank by area | 26th of 47prefectures of Japan |
| Population | 1.3 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Density | 235 people per km² |
| Capital | Matsuyama |
| Latitude range | 33°N to 34°N |
| Type | PrefectureJP-38 |
What the numbers say about Ehime
- Ehime covers 1.5% of the area of Japan and ranks 28th of 47 by population, against 26th by area.
- It would take 66.3 prefectures the size of Ehime to cover Japan.
- The largest, Hokkaido (Japan), is 14.0× the size of Ehime; the smallest, Kagawa, is 33% of it.
- Closest in size within Japan: Mie (5,820 km², 1.03×) and Yamaguchi (6,020 km², 1.07×).
- Counted as a country, Ehime would be larger than 67 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 173rd by area, between Brunei (5,720 km²) and Cyprus (5,400 km²).
- With 1.3 million people it would rank 159th of 238 by population.
- Ehime has 235 people per km², about the density of Germany, which has 233 per km².
- That makes Ehime the 27th most densely populated of the 47 prefectures, 69% of the average for Japan (338 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 34°N is drawn about 1.4× too large in area, so Ehime looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Ehime stretches about 156 km north to south and 153 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 5,680 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,630 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.
- ChinaAreaShanghai83% · 6,750 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaDelaware1.09× · 5,170 km²PeopleMaine0.97× · 1.4 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaSikkim81% · 6,940 km²PeopleArunachal Pradesh0.96× · 1.4 million (2011)
- GermanyAreanone within 2×PeopleMecklenburg-Western Pomerania84% · 1.6 million (2022)
- FranceAreaCorsica (France)65% · 8,670 km²PeopleRéunion (France)1.50× · 881,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaLiguria1.03× · 5,490 km²PeopleAbruzzo1.01× · 1.3 million (2019)
- SpainAreaCantabria1.05× · 5,350 km²PeopleAragon0.98× · 1.3 million (2024)
- BrazilAreaFederal District0.97× · 5,790 km²PeopleTocantins87% · 1.5 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island0.98× · 5,730 km²PeopleManitoba0.98× · 1.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleSouth Australia70% · 1.9 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaAguascalientes1.02× · 5,550 km²PeopleAguascalientes1.01× · 1.3 million (2015)
- ThailandAreaChachoengsao1.01× · 5,550 km²PeopleRoi Et1.02× · 1.3 million (2020)
Where Ehime sits in Japan
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Compare Ehime
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- Ehime vs Aguascalientes
- Ehime vs Cantabria
- Corsica (France) vs Ehime
- Ehime vs Liguria
- Ehime vs Chachoengsao
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- Ehime vs Ratchaburi
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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