Prefecture of Japan
Ishikawa
石川県Ishikawa is a prefecture of Japan. It covers about 4,110 km² (1,590 mi²), the 36th largest of the 47 prefectures in Natural Earth’s file for Japan, and 1.05× the size of Cape Verde. About 1.1 million people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
50 km
- Ishikawa
- Cape Verde
Facts
| Area, measured | 4,110 km²1,590 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 | 36th of 47prefectures of Japan |
| Population | 1.1 millionWikidata, 2020 · the only figure Wikidata has; most units carry 2021 |
| Density | 275 people per km² |
| Capital | Kanazawa |
| Latitude range | 36°N to 38°N |
| Type | PrefectureJP-17 |
What the numbers say about Ishikawa
- Ishikawa covers 1.1% of the area of Japan and ranks 33rd of 47 by population, against 36th by area.
- It would take 90.8 prefectures the size of Ishikawa to cover Japan.
- The largest, Hokkaido (Japan), is 19.1× the size of Ishikawa; the smallest, Kagawa, is 45% of it.
- Closest in size within Japan: Fukui (4,220 km², 1.03×) and Shiga (4,010 km², 1.03×).
- Counted as a country, Ishikawa 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 1.1 million people it would rank 162nd of 238 by population.
- Ishikawa has 275 people per km², about the density of the United Kingdom, which has 276 per km².
- That makes Ishikawa the 23rd most densely populated of the 47 prefectures, 81% of the average for Japan (338 per km²).
- Wikidata holds no 2021 figure for Ishikawa; the 2020 figure is the only one it has, so Ishikawa is not counted the same way as the 38 prefectures that carry 2021.
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 37°N is drawn about 1.6× too large in area, so Ishikawa looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Ishikawa stretches about 163 km north to south and 101 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 4,190 km² agrees with our measured area of 4,110 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.
- ChinaAreaShanghai61% · 6,750 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaDelaware80% · 5,170 km²PeopleRhode Island1.03× · 1.1 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaGoa1.20× · 3,420 km²PeopleMizoram1.03× · 1.1 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaSaarland1.55× · 2,650 km²PeopleSaarland1.12× · 1.0 million (2022)
- FranceAreaRéunion (France)1.59× · 2,580 km²PeopleRéunion (France)1.28× · 881,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaMolise0.91× · 4,530 km²PeopleTrentino-Alto Adige1.06× · 1.1 million (2019)
- SpainAreaBalearic Islands80% · 5,120 km²PeopleBalearic Islands0.96× · 1.2 million (2022)
- BrazilAreaFederal District71% · 5,790 km²PeopleTocantins75% · 1.5 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island72% · 5,730 km²PeopleSaskatchewan1.00× · 1.1 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreaAustralian Capital Territory1.75× · 2,350 km²PeopleSouth Australia60% · 1.9 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaTlaxcala1.06× · 3,870 km²PeopleNayarit0.93× · 1.2 million (2015)
- ThailandAreaMukdahan1.01× · 4,090 km²PeopleChaiyaphum1.01× · 1.1 million (2020)
Where Ishikawa sits in Japan
All 47 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
Compare Ishikawa
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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