Prefecture of Japan
Tochigi
栃木県Tochigi is a prefecture of Japan. It covers about 6,480 km² (2,500 mi²), the 21st largest of the 47 prefectures in Natural Earth’s file for Japan, and 1.13× the size of Brunei. About 1.9 million people live there (Wikidata, 2021).
50 km
- Tochigi
- Brunei
Facts
| Area, measured | 6,480 km²2,500 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 6,410 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Japan | 1.7%of the area of the 47 prefectures |
| Rank by area | 21st of 47prefectures of Japan |
| Population | 1.9 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Density | 297 people per km² |
| Capital | Utsunomiya |
| Latitude range | 36°N to 37°N |
| Type | PrefectureJP-09 |
What the numbers say about Tochigi
- Tochigi covers 1.7% of the area of Japan and ranks 19th of 47 by population, against 21st by area.
- It would take 57.6 prefectures the size of Tochigi to cover Japan.
- The largest, Hokkaido (Japan), is 12.2× the size of Tochigi; the smallest, Kagawa, is 29% of it.
- Closest in size within Japan: Oita (6,550 km², 1.01×) and Gunma (6,340 km², 1.02×).
- Counted as a country, Tochigi would be larger than 69 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 171st by area, between French Southern and Antarctic Lands (6,990 km²) and Palestine (6,070 km²).
- With 1.9 million people it would rank 149th of 238 by population.
- Tochigi has 297 people per km², about the density of El Salvador, which has 294 per km².
- That makes Tochigi the 22nd most densely populated of the 47 prefectures, 88% of the average for Japan (338 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 37°N is drawn about 1.6× too large in area, so Tochigi looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Tochigi stretches about 105 km north to south and 86 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 6,410 km² agrees with our measured area of 6,480 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.
- ChinaAreaShanghai0.96× · 6,750 km²PeopleTibet53% · 3.6 million (2020)
- United StatesAreaDelaware1.25× · 5,170 km²PeopleNebraska0.98× · 2.0 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaSikkim0.93× · 6,940 km²PeopleNagaland0.97× · 2.0 million (2011)
- GermanyAreanone within 2×PeopleHamburg1.02× · 1.9 million (2022)
- FranceAreaCorsica (France)75% · 8,670 km²PeopleCentre-Val de Loire75% · 2.6 million (2022)
- ItalyAreaFriuli-Venezia Giulia88% · 7,340 km²PeopleCalabria0.99× · 1.9 million (2019)
- SpainAreaBasque Country0.92× · 7,060 km²PeopleCastilla–La Mancha0.92× · 2.1 million (2024)
- BrazilAreaFederal District1.12× · 5,790 km²PeopleSergipe87% · 2.2 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island1.13× · 5,730 km²PeopleManitoba1.44× · 1.3 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleSouth Australia1.02× · 1.9 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaColima1.10× · 5,880 km²PeopleMorelos0.98× · 2.0 million (2020)
- ThailandAreaLopburi1.00× · 6,480 km²PeopleUbon Ratchathani1.03× · 1.9 million (2020)
Where Tochigi 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