Prefecture of Japan
Nagasaki
長崎県Nagasaki is a prefecture of Japan. It covers about 3,990 km² (1,540 mi²), the 38th largest of the 47 prefectures in Natural Earth’s file for Japan, and about the same size as Cape Verde. About 1.3 million people live there (Wikidata, 2021).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 3,990 km²1,540 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 4,110 km²Wikidata · 2.8% above our measure |
| Share of Japan | 1.1%of the area of the 47 prefectures |
| Rank by area | 38th of 47prefectures of Japan |
| Population | 1.3 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Density | 328 people per km² |
| Capital | Nagasaki |
| Latitude range | 33°N to 35°N |
| Type | PrefectureJP-42 |
What the numbers say about Nagasaki
- Nagasaki covers 1.1% of the area of Japan and ranks 30th of 47 by population, against 38th by area.
- It would take 93.6 prefectures the size of Nagasaki to cover Japan.
- The largest, Hokkaido (Japan), is 19.7× the size of Nagasaki; the smallest, Kagawa, is 46% of it.
- Closest in size within Japan: Shiga (4,010 km², 1.00×) and Saitama (3,880 km², 1.03×).
- Counted as a country, Nagasaki 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 1.3 million people it would rank 159th of 238 by population.
- Nagasaki has 328 people per km², about the density of Japan, which has 331 per km².
- That makes Nagasaki the 18th most densely populated of the 47 prefectures, 97% of the average for Japan (338 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 33°N is drawn about 1.4× too large in area, so Nagasaki looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Nagasaki stretches about 237 km north to south and 166 km east to west.
- Our measured 3,990 km² is 2.8% below Wikidata's official figure of 4,110 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.
- ChinaAreaShanghai59% · 6,750 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaDelaware77% · 5,170 km²PeopleMaine0.96× · 1.4 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaGoa1.17× · 3,420 km²PeopleArunachal Pradesh0.95× · 1.4 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaSaarland1.50× · 2,650 km²PeopleMecklenburg-Western Pomerania83% · 1.6 million (2022)
- FranceAreaRéunion (France)1.55× · 2,580 km²PeopleRéunion (France)1.48× · 881,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaMolise88% · 4,530 km²PeopleAbruzzo1.00× · 1.3 million (2019)
- SpainAreaBalearic Islands78% · 5,120 km²PeopleAragon0.97× · 1.3 million (2024)
- BrazilAreaFederal District69% · 5,790 km²PeopleTocantins86% · 1.5 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island70% · 5,730 km²PeopleManitoba0.97× · 1.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreaAustralian Capital Territory1.70× · 2,350 km²PeopleSouth Australia69% · 1.9 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaTlaxcala1.03× · 3,870 km²PeopleAguascalientes1.00× · 1.3 million (2015)
- ThailandAreaBueng Kan1.00× · 3,990 km²PeopleRoi Et1.01× · 1.3 million (2020)
Where Nagasaki sits in Japan
All 47 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
Ranked within Japan
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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