Prefecture of Japan
Shizuoka
静岡県Shizuoka is a prefecture of Japan. It covers about 7,670 km² (2,960 mi²), the 14th largest of the 47 prefectures in Natural Earth’s file for Japan, and 77% of the size of Lebanon. About 3.6 million people live there (Wikidata, 2021).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 7,670 km²2,960 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 7,780 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Japan | 2.1%of the area of the 47 prefectures |
| Rank by area | 14th of 47prefectures of Japan |
| Population | 3.6 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Density | 471 people per km² |
| Capital | Shizuoka |
| Latitude range | 35°N to 36°N |
| Type | PrefectureJP-22 |
What the numbers say about Shizuoka
- Shizuoka covers 2.1% of the area of Japan and ranks 10th of 47 by population, against 14th by area.
- It would take 48.7 prefectures the size of Shizuoka to cover Japan.
- The largest, Hokkaido (Japan), is 10.3× the size of Shizuoka; the smallest, Kagawa, is 24% of it.
- Closest in size within Japan: Miyagi (7,500 km², 1.02×) and Miyazaki (7,860 km², 1.02×).
- Counted as a country, Shizuoka 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 3.6 million people it would rank 133rd of 238 by population.
- Shizuoka has 471 people per km², about the density of the Netherlands, which has 480 per km².
- That makes Shizuoka the 12th most densely populated of the 47 prefectures, 1.39× the average for Japan (338 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 35°N is drawn about 1.5× too large in area, so Shizuoka looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Shizuoka stretches about 115 km north to south and 153 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 7,780 km² agrees with our measured area of 7,670 km², to within 2%.
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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.
- ChinaAreaShanghai1.14× · 6,750 km²PeopleTibet0.99× · 3.6 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaDelaware1.48× · 5,170 km²PeopleConnecticut1.00× · 3.6 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaAndaman and Nicobar Islands1.08× · 7,110 km²PeopleTripura0.98× · 3.7 million (2011)
- GermanyAreanone within 2×PeopleBerlin0.96× · 3.8 million (2022)
- FranceAreaCorsica (France)88% · 8,670 km²PeopleBrittany1.05× · 3.4 million (2022)
- ItalyAreaFriuli-Venezia Giulia1.04× · 7,340 km²PeopleTuscany0.97× · 3.7 million (2019)
- SpainAreaCanary Islands1.03× · 7,440 km²PeopleGalicia1.34× · 2.7 million (2024)
- BrazilAreaFederal District1.32× · 5,790 km²PeopleMato Grosso0.99× · 3.7 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island1.34× · 5,730 km²PeopleAlberta85% · 4.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleWestern Australia1.20× · 3.0 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaColima1.30× · 5,880 km²PeopleChihuahua1.01× · 3.6 million (2015)
- ThailandAreaRoi Et0.99× · 7,720 km²PeopleNakhon Ratchasima1.37× · 2.6 million (2020)
Where Shizuoka sits in 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