Prefecture of Japan
Toyama
富山県Toyama is a prefecture of Japan. It covers about 4,370 km² (1,690 mi²), the 33rd largest of the 47 prefectures in Natural Earth’s file for Japan, and 1.11× the size of Cape Verde. About 1.0 million people live there (Wikidata, 2021).
50 km
- Toyama
- Cape Verde
Facts
| Area, measured | 4,370 km²1,690 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 4,250 km²Wikidata · 2.9% below our measure |
| Share of Japan | 1.2%of the area of the 47 prefectures |
| Rank by area | 33rd of 47prefectures of Japan |
| Population | 1.0 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Density | 236 people per km² |
| Capital | Toyama |
| Latitude range | 36°N to 37°N |
| Type | PrefectureJP-16 |
What the numbers say about Toyama
- Toyama covers 1.2% of the area of Japan and ranks 37th of 47 by population, against 33rd by area.
- It would take 85.5 prefectures the size of Toyama to cover Japan.
- The largest, Hokkaido (Japan), is 18.0× the size of Toyama; the smallest, Kagawa, is 42% of it.
- Closest in size within Japan: Wakayama (4,430 km², 1.01×) and Tokushima (4,250 km², 1.03×).
- Counted as a country, Toyama 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 1.0 million people it would rank 162nd of 238 by population.
- Toyama has 236 people per km², about the density of Qatar, which has 237 per km².
- That makes Toyama the 26th most densely populated of the 47 prefectures, 70% 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 Toyama looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Toyama stretches about 78 km north to south and 87 km east to west.
- Our measured 4,370 km² is 2.9% above Wikidata's official figure of 4,250 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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.
- ChinaAreaShanghai65% · 6,750 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaDelaware84% · 5,170 km²PeopleDelaware1.04× · 990,000 (2020)
- IndiaAreaGoa1.28× · 3,420 km²PeopleChandigarh0.98× · 1.1 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaSaarland1.65× · 2,650 km²PeopleSaarland1.02× · 1.0 million (2022)
- FranceAreaRéunion (France)1.69× · 2,580 km²PeopleRéunion (France)1.17× · 881,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaMolise0.97× · 4,530 km²PeopleTrentino-Alto Adige0.96× · 1.1 million (2019)
- SpainAreaBalearic Islands85% · 5,120 km²PeopleExtremadura0.98× · 1.1 million (2024)
- BrazilAreaFederal District75% · 5,790 km²PeopleAcre1.24× · 830,000 (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island76% · 5,730 km²PeopleNova Scotia1.06× · 969,000 (2021)
- AustraliaAreaAustralian Capital Territory1.86× · 2,350 km²PeopleSouth Australia55% · 1.9 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaTlaxcala1.13× · 3,870 km²PeopleCampeche1.11× · 928,000 (2020)
- ThailandAreaKrabi1.00× · 4,390 km²PeopleNakhon Sawan0.99× · 1.0 million (2020)
Where Toyama sits in Japan
All 47 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
Compare Toyama
- Nakhon Sawan vs Toyama
- Krabi vs Toyama
- Toyama vs Cape Verde
- Trinidad and Tobago vs Toyama
- Fiji vs Toyama
- Toyama vs Luxembourg
- Toyama vs Australian Capital Territory
- Prince Edward Island vs Toyama
- Shanghai vs Toyama
- Federal District vs Toyama
- Delaware vs Toyama
- Toyama vs Goa
- Toyama vs Tlaxcala
- Balearic Islands vs Toyama
- Toyama vs Réunion (France)
- Toyama vs Saarland
- Molise vs Toyama
- Toyama vs Chonburi
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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