Prefecture of Japan
Mie
三重県Mie is a prefecture of Japan. It covers about 5,820 km² (2,250 mi²), the 25th largest of the 47 prefectures in Natural Earth’s file for Japan, and about the same size as Brunei. About 1.8 million people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 5,820 km²2,250 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 5,780 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Japan | 1.6%of the area of the 47 prefectures |
| Rank by area | 25th of 47prefectures of Japan |
| Population | 1.8 millionWikidata, 2020 · the only figure Wikidata has; most units carry 2021 |
| Density | 304 people per km² |
| Capital | Tsu |
| Latitude range | 34°N to 35°N |
| Type | PrefectureJP-24 |
What the numbers say about Mie
- Mie covers 1.6% of the area of Japan and ranks 22nd of 47 by population, against 25th by area.
- It would take 64.2 prefectures the size of Mie to cover Japan.
- The largest, Hokkaido (Japan), is 13.5× the size of Mie; the smallest, Kagawa, is 32% of it.
- Closest in size within Japan: Ehime (5,630 km², 1.03×) and Yamaguchi (6,020 km², 1.03×).
- Counted as a country, Mie would be larger than 68 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 172nd by area, between Palestine (6,070 km²) and Brunei (5,720 km²).
- With 1.8 million people it would rank 153rd of 238 by population.
- Mie has 304 people per km², about the density of El Salvador, which has 294 per km².
- That makes Mie the 21st most densely populated of the 47 prefectures, 90% of the average for Japan (338 per km²).
- Wikidata holds no 2021 figure for Mie; the 2020 figure is the only one it has, so Mie is not counted the same way as the 38 prefectures that carry 2021.
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 35°N is drawn about 1.5× too large in area, so Mie looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Mie stretches about 172 km north to south and 99 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 5,780 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,820 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.
- ChinaAreaShanghai86% · 6,750 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaDelaware1.13× · 5,170 km²PeopleWest Virginia0.99× · 1.8 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaSikkim84% · 6,940 km²PeopleNagaland89% · 2.0 million (2011)
- GermanyAreanone within 2×PeopleHamburg0.93× · 1.9 million (2022)
- FranceAreaCorsica (France)67% · 8,670 km²PeopleCentre-Val de Loire69% · 2.6 million (2022)
- ItalyAreaLiguria1.06× · 5,490 km²PeopleSardinia (Italy)1.09× · 1.6 million (2020)
- SpainAreaCantabria1.09× · 5,350 km²PeopleMurcia1.13× · 1.6 million (2024)
- BrazilAreaFederal District1.00× · 5,790 km²PeopleRondônia1.12× · 1.6 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island1.02× · 5,730 km²PeopleManitoba1.32× · 1.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleSouth Australia0.93× · 1.9 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaColima0.99× · 5,880 km²PeopleDurango1.01× · 1.8 million (2015)
- ThailandAreaChanthaburi1.00× · 5,830 km²PeopleChiang Mai0.99× · 1.8 million (2020)
Where Mie sits in Japan
All 47 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
Compare Mie
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- Mie vs Brunei
- Mie vs Cyprus
- North Macedonia vs Mie
- Mie vs Prince Edward Island
- Shanghai vs Mie
- Mie vs Federal District
- Mie vs Delaware
- Sikkim vs Mie
- Mie vs Cantabria
- Corsica (France) vs Mie
- Mie vs Liguria
- Mie vs Chumphon
- Mie vs Maha Sarakham
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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