Prefecture of Japan
Gifu
岐阜県Gifu is a prefecture of Japan. It covers about 10,700 km² (4,130 mi²), the 7th largest of the 47 prefectures in Natural Earth’s file for Japan, and about the same size as the Gambia. About 2.0 million people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 10,700 km²4,130 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 10,600 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Japan | 2.9%of the area of the 47 prefectures |
| Rank by area | 7th of 47prefectures of Japan |
| Population | 2.0 millionWikidata, 2020 · the only figure Wikidata has; most units carry 2021 |
| Density | 185 people per km² |
| Capital | Gifu |
| Latitude range | 35°N to 36°N |
| Type | PrefectureJP-21 |
What the numbers say about Gifu
- Gifu covers 2.9% of the area of Japan and ranks 17th of 47 by population, against 7th by area.
- It would take 35.0 prefectures the size of Gifu to cover Japan.
- The largest, Hokkaido (Japan), is 7.37× the size of Gifu; the smallest, Kagawa, is 17% of it.
- Closest in size within Japan: Akita (11,700 km², 1.10×) and Aomori (9,660 km², 1.11×).
- Counted as a country, Gifu would be larger than 73 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 167th by area, between Kosovo (10,900 km²) and the Gambia (10,500 km²).
- With 2.0 million people it would rank 149th of 238 by population.
- Gifu has 185 people per km², about the density of Uganda, which has 195 per km².
- That makes Gifu the 30th most densely populated of the 47 prefectures, 55% of the average for Japan (338 per km²).
- Wikidata holds no 2021 figure for Gifu; the 2020 figure is the only one it has, so Gifu is not counted the same way as the 38 prefectures that carry 2021.
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 36°N is drawn about 1.5× too large in area, so Gifu looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Gifu stretches about 146 km north to south and 123 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 10,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 10,700 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.
- ChinaAreaTianjin0.93× · 11,500 km²PeopleTibet54% · 3.6 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaConnecticut84% · 12,700 km²PeopleNebraska1.01× · 2.0 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaTripura0.99× · 10,700 km²PeopleNagaland1.00× · 2.0 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaSchleswig-Holstein69% · 15,400 km²PeopleHamburg1.04× · 1.9 million (2022)
- FranceAreaÎle-de-France88% · 12,100 km²PeopleCentre-Val de Loire77% · 2.6 million (2022)
- ItalyAreaAbruzzo0.98× · 10,900 km²PeopleCalabria1.01× · 1.9 million (2019)
- SpainAreaAsturias1.00× · 10,700 km²PeopleCastilla–La Mancha0.94× · 2.1 million (2024)
- BrazilAreaFederal District1.84× · 5,790 km²PeopleSergipe89% · 2.2 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island1.86× · 5,730 km²PeopleManitoba1.47× · 1.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleSouth Australia1.04× · 1.9 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaQuerétaro0.91× · 11,700 km²PeopleMorelos1.00× · 2.0 million (2020)
- ThailandAreaKhon Kaen1.00× · 10,700 km²PeopleUbon Ratchathani1.06× · 1.9 million (2020)
Where Gifu 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, 2020. 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