Prefecture of Japan
Yamagata
山形県Yamagata is a prefecture of Japan. It covers about 9,240 km² (3,570 mi²), the 9th largest of the 47 prefectures in Natural Earth’s file for Japan, and 92% of the size of Lebanon. About 1.1 million people live there (Wikidata, 2021).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 9,240 km²3,570 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 9,320 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of Japan | 2.5%of the area of the 47 prefectures |
| Rank by area | 9th of 47prefectures of Japan |
| Population | 1.1 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Density | 115 people per km² |
| Capital | Yamagata |
| Latitude range | 38°N to 39°N |
| Type | PrefectureJP-06 |
What the numbers say about Yamagata
- Yamagata covers 2.5% of the area of Japan and ranks 35th of 47 by population, against 9th by area.
- It would take 40.4 prefectures the size of Yamagata to cover Japan.
- The largest, Hokkaido (Japan), is 8.52× the size of Yamagata; the smallest, Kagawa, is 20% of it.
- Closest in size within Japan: Kagoshima (8,850 km², 1.04×) and Aomori (9,660 km², 1.04×).
- Counted as a country, Yamagata would be larger than 71 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 169th by area, between Lebanon (10,000 km²) and Puerto Rico (9,010 km²).
- With 1.1 million people it would rank 162nd of 238 by population.
- Yamagata has 115 people per km², about the density of Egypt, which has 114 per km².
- That makes Yamagata the 42nd most densely populated of the 47 prefectures, 34% of the average for Japan (338 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 38°N is drawn about 1.6× too large in area, so Yamagata looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Yamagata stretches about 155 km north to south and 93 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 9,320 km² agrees with our measured area of 9,240 km², to within 2%.
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.
- ChinaAreaTianjin81% · 11,500 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- United StatesAreaConnecticut73% · 12,700 km²PeopleMontana0.98× · 1.1 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaTripura86% · 10,700 km²PeopleChandigarh1.01× · 1.1 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaSchleswig-Holstein60% · 15,400 km²PeopleSaarland1.06× · 1.0 million (2022)
- FranceAreaCorsica (France)1.07× · 8,670 km²PeopleRéunion (France)1.21× · 881,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreaMarche0.98× · 9,450 km²PeopleTrentino-Alto Adige0.99× · 1.1 million (2019)
- SpainAreaNavarre0.92× · 10,100 km²PeopleExtremadura1.01× · 1.1 million (2024)
- BrazilAreaFederal District1.60× · 5,790 km²PeopleAcre1.28× · 830,000 (2022)
- CanadaAreaPrince Edward Island1.61× · 5,730 km²PeopleSaskatchewan0.94× · 1.1 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleSouth Australia56% · 1.9 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaQuerétaro79% · 11,700 km²PeopleCampeche1.15× · 928,000 (2020)
- ThailandAreaSakon Nakhon0.97× · 9,560 km²PeopleSurat Thani1.00× · 1.1 million (2020)
Where Yamagata 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