Prefecture of Japan
Miyagi
宮城県Miyagi is a prefecture of Japan. It covers about 7,500 km² (2,900 mi²), the 15th largest of the 47 prefectures in Natural Earth’s file for Japan, and 1.31× the size of Brunei. About 2.3 million people live there (Wikidata, 2021).
50 km
- Miyagi
- Brunei
Facts
| Area, measured | 7,500 km²2,900 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 7,280 km²Wikidata · 3.0% below our measure |
| Share of Japan | 2.0%of the area of the 47 prefectures |
| Rank by area | 15th of 47prefectures of Japan |
| Population | 2.3 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Density | 305 people per km² |
| Capital | Sendai |
| Latitude range | 38°N to 39°N |
| Type | PrefectureJP-04 |
What the numbers say about Miyagi
- Miyagi covers 2.0% of the area of Japan and ranks 14th of 47 by population, against 15th by area.
- It would take 49.8 prefectures the size of Miyagi to cover Japan.
- The largest, Hokkaido (Japan), is 10.5× the size of Miyagi; the smallest, Kagawa, is 25% of it.
- Closest in size within Japan: Shizuoka (7,670 km², 1.02×) and Kumamoto (7,250 km², 1.03×).
- Counted as a country, Miyagi would be larger than 70 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 170th by area, between Puerto Rico (9,010 km²) and French Southern and Antarctic Lands (6,990 km²).
- With 2.3 million people it would rank 146th of 238 by population.
- Miyagi has 305 people per km², about the density of El Salvador, which has 294 per km².
- That makes Miyagi the 20th most densely populated of the 47 prefectures, 90% of the average for Japan (338 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 38°N is drawn about 1.6× too large in area, so Miyagi looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Miyagi stretches about 136 km north to south and 122 km east to west.
- Our measured 7,500 km² is 3.0% above Wikidata's official figure of 7,280 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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.
- ChinaAreaShanghai1.11× · 6,750 km²PeopleTibet63% · 3.6 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaDelaware1.45× · 5,170 km²PeopleNew Mexico1.08× · 2.1 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaAndaman and Nicobar Islands1.06× · 7,110 km²PeopleNagaland1.16× · 2.0 million (2011)
- GermanyAreanone within 2×PeopleSaxony-Anhalt1.07× · 2.1 million (2022)
- FranceAreaCorsica (France)87% · 8,670 km²PeopleCentre-Val de Loire89% · 2.6 million (2022)
- ItalyAreaFriuli-Venezia Giulia1.02× · 7,340 km²PeopleCalabria1.18× · 1.9 million (2019)
- SpainAreaCanary Islands1.01× · 7,440 km²PeopleBasque Country1.03× · 2.2 million (2024)
- BrazilAreaFederal District1.30× · 5,790 km²PeopleSergipe1.04× · 2.2 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island1.31× · 5,730 km²PeopleManitoba1.71× · 1.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleSouth Australia1.21× · 1.9 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaColima1.28× · 5,880 km²PeopleYucatán0.99× · 2.3 million (2020)
- ThailandAreaSongkhla1.01× · 7,460 km²PeopleNakhon Ratchasima87% · 2.6 million (2020)
Where Miyagi sits in Japan
All 47 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
Compare Miyagi
- Yucatán vs Miyagi
- Miyagi vs Brunei
- Lebanon vs Miyagi
- Moldova vs Miyagi
- Montenegro vs Miyagi
- Miyagi vs Prince Edward Island
- Miyagi vs Shanghai
- Miyagi vs Federal District
- Miyagi vs Delaware
- Miyagi vs Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Miyagi vs Colima
- Miyagi vs Canary Islands
- Corsica (France) vs Miyagi
- Miyagi vs Friuli-Venezia Giulia
- Miyagi vs Songkhla
Share this outline
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