Prefecture of Japan
Nara
奈良県Nara is a prefecture of Japan. It covers about 3,850 km² (1,490 mi²), the 40th 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 | 3,850 km²1,490 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 3,690 km²Wikidata · 4.3% below our measure |
| Share of Japan | 1.0%of the area of the 47 prefectures |
| Rank by area | 40th of 47prefectures of Japan |
| Population | 1.3 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Density | 343 people per km² |
| Capital | Nara |
| Latitude range | 34°N to 35°N |
| Type | PrefectureJP-29 |
What the numbers say about Nara
- Nara covers 1.0% of the area of Japan and ranks 29th of 47 by population, against 40th by area.
- It would take 97.0 prefectures the size of Nara to cover Japan.
- The largest, Hokkaido (Japan), is 20.5× the size of Nara; the smallest, Kagawa, is 48% of it.
- Closest in size within Japan: Saitama (3,880 km², 1.01×) and Nagasaki (3,990 km², 1.04×).
- Counted as a country, Nara would be larger than 63 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 177th by area, between South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (3,920 km²) and French Polynesia (3,340 km²).
- With 1.3 million people it would rank 159th of 238 by population.
- Nara has 343 people per km², about the density of Japan, which has 331 per km².
- That makes Nara the 15th most densely populated of the 47 prefectures, 1.01× the average for Japan (338 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 34°N is drawn about 1.5× too large in area, so Nara looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Nara stretches about 103 km north to south and 61 km east to west.
- Our measured 3,850 km² is 4.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 3,690 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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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.
- ChinaAreaShanghai57% · 6,750 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaDelaware74% · 5,170 km²PeopleMaine0.97× · 1.4 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaGoa1.13× · 3,420 km²PeopleArunachal Pradesh0.95× · 1.4 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaSaarland1.45× · 2,650 km²PeopleMecklenburg-Western Pomerania84% · 1.6 million (2022)
- FranceAreaRéunion (France)1.49× · 2,580 km²PeopleRéunion (France)1.50× · 881,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaAosta Valley1.17× · 3,300 km²PeopleAbruzzo1.01× · 1.3 million (2019)
- SpainAreaBalearic Islands75% · 5,120 km²PeopleAragon0.98× · 1.3 million (2024)
- BrazilAreaFederal District66% · 5,790 km²PeopleTocantins87% · 1.5 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island67% · 5,730 km²PeopleManitoba0.98× · 1.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreaAustralian Capital Territory1.64× · 2,350 km²PeopleSouth Australia70% · 1.9 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaTlaxcala0.99× · 3,870 km²PeopleAguascalientes1.01× · 1.3 million (2015)
- ThailandAreaAmnat Charoen0.98× · 3,930 km²PeopleRoi Et1.02× · 1.3 million (2020)
Where Nara 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, 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