Prefecture of Japan
Fukui
福井県Fukui is a prefecture of Japan. It covers about 4,220 km² (1,630 mi²), the 35th largest of the 47 prefectures in Natural Earth’s file for Japan, and 1.07× the size of Cape Verde. About 765,000 people live there (Wikidata, 2021).
50 km
- Fukui
- Cape Verde
Facts
| Area, measured | 4,220 km²1,630 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 4,190 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Japan | 1.1%of the area of the 47 prefectures |
| Rank by area | 35th of 47prefectures of Japan |
| Population | 765,000Wikidata, 2021 |
| Density | 181 people per km² |
| Capital | Fukui |
| Latitude range | 35°N to 36°N |
| Type | PrefectureJP-18 |
What the numbers say about Fukui
- Fukui covers 1.1% of the area of Japan and ranks 43rd of 47 by population, against 35th by area.
- It would take 88.5 prefectures the size of Fukui to cover Japan.
- The largest, Hokkaido (Japan), is 18.7× the size of Fukui; the smallest, Kagawa, is 44% of it.
- Closest in size within Japan: Tokushima (4,250 km², 1.01×) and Ishikawa (4,110 km², 1.03×).
- Counted as a country, Fukui would be larger than 65 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 175th by area, between Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km²) and Cape Verde (3,930 km²).
- With 765,000 people it would rank 166th of 238 by population.
- Fukui has 181 people per km², about the density of Uganda, which has 195 per km².
- That makes Fukui the 31st most densely populated of the 47 prefectures, 54% of the average for Japan (338 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 36°N is drawn about 1.5× too large in area, so Fukui looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Fukui stretches about 106 km north to south and 123 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 4,190 km² agrees with our measured area of 4,220 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.
- ChinaAreaShanghai63% · 6,750 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaDelaware82% · 5,170 km²PeopleNorth Dakota0.98× · 779,000 (2020)
- IndiaAreaGoa1.23× · 3,420 km²PeopleSikkim1.16× · 658,000 (2011)
- GermanyAreaSaarland1.59× · 2,650 km²PeopleBremen1.10× · 693,000 (2022)
- FranceAreaRéunion (France)1.63× · 2,580 km²PeopleRéunion (France)87% · 881,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaMolise0.93× · 4,530 km²PeopleUmbria87% · 882,000 (2019)
- SpainAreaBalearic Islands82% · 5,120 km²PeopleNavarre1.13× · 678,000 (2024)
- BrazilAreaFederal District73% · 5,790 km²PeopleAmapá1.04× · 734,000 (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island74% · 5,730 km²PeopleNew Brunswick0.99× · 776,000 (2021)
- AustraliaAreaAustralian Capital Territory1.80× · 2,350 km²PeopleTasmania (Australia)1.42× · 540,000 (2020)
- MexicoAreaTlaxcala1.09× · 3,870 km²PeopleColima1.05× · 731,000 (2020)
- ThailandAreaNong Bua Lamphu0.99× · 4,240 km²PeopleLopburi1.03× · 743,000 (2020)
Where Fukui sits in Japan
All 47 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
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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