List of Japanese prefectures by area
Prefectures of Japan ranked by area as of October 1, 2015
Figures here are according to the official estimates of Japan.[1] Ranks are given by estimated areas. Undetermined areas here account for domestic boundary regions either in uncertainty or disputed among Japanese prefectures.
| Rank | Prefecture | Japanese | Estimated Area (km²)[2] |
Determined Area (km²)[3] |
Undetermined Area (km²)[4] |
Population | Density (/km²) |
Inhabitable Area | Forest Area (%) |
Capital | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (km²) | Density (/km²) | ||||||||||
| 1 | Hokkaido | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 83,424.31 | 83,424.31 | 5,381,733 | 64.51 | 22,372.86 | 240.55 | 63.8% | Sapporo | |
| 2 | Iwate | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 15,275.01 | 15,275.01 | 1,279,594 | 83.77 | 3,714.01 | 344.53 | 74.9% | Morioka | |
| 3 | Fukushima | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 13,783.74 | 13,783.74 | 1,914,039 | 138.86 | 4,217.02 | 453.88 | 67.9% | Fukushima | |
| 4 | Nagano | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 13,561.56 | 13,104.29 | 457.27 | 2,098,804 | 154.76 | 3,225.52 | 650.69 | 75.5% | Nagano |
| 5 | Niigata | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 12,584.10 | 10,363.99 | 2,220.11 | 2,304,264 | 183.11 | 4,535.27 | 508.08 | 63.5% | Niigata |
| 6 | Akita | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 11,637.54 | 11,637.54 | 1,023,119 | 87.92 | 3,204.39 | 319.29 | 70.5% | Akita | |
| 7 | Gifu | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 10,621.29 | 9,768.57 | 852.72 | 2,031,903 | 191.30 | 2,211.13 | 918.94 | 79.0% | Gifu |
| 8 | Aomori | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 9,645.59 | 9,645.59 | 1,308,265 | 135.63 | 3,229.50 | 405.10 | 63.8% | Aomori | |
| 9 | Yamagata | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 9,323.15 | 6,651.83 | 2,671.32 | 1,123,891 | 120.55 | 2,884.80 | 389.59 | 68.7% | Yamagata |
| 10 | Kagoshima | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 9,186.94 | 9,042.65 | 144.29 | 1,648,177 | 179.40 | 3,312.81 | 497.52 | 63.4% | Kagoshima |
| 11 | Hiroshima | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 8,479.45 | 8,479.45 | 2,843,990 | 335.40 | 2,310.91 | 1,230.68 | 71.8% | Hiroshima | |
| 12 | Hyogo | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 8,400.96 | 8,400.96 | 5,534,800 | 658.83 | 2,782.95 | 1,988.82 | 66.7% | Kobe | |
| 13 | Shizuoka | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 7,777.42 | 7,252.60 | 524.82 | 3,700,305 | 475.78 | 2,749.49 | 1,345.82 | 63.1% | Shizuoka |
| 14 | Miyazaki | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 7,735.31 | 6,794.24 | 941.07 | 1,104,069 | 142.73 | 1,849.87 | 596.84 | 75.8% | Miyazaki |
| 15 | Kumamoto | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 7,409.35 | 7,272.41 | 136.94 | 1,786,170 | 241.07 | 2,796.13 | 638.80 | 60.4% | Kumamoto |
| 16 | Miyagi | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 7,282.22 | 6,858.62 | 423.60 | 2,333,899 | 320.49 | 3,154.83 | 739.79 | 55.9% | Sendai |
| 17 | Okayama | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 7,114.50 | 7,010.92 | 103.58 | 1,921,525 | 270.09 | 2,218.89 | 865.98 | 68.0% | Okayama |
| 18 | Kochi | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 7,103.93 | 7,103.93 | 728,276 | 102.52 | 1,163.18 | 626.11 | 83.3% | Kōchi | |
| 19 | Shimane | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 6,708.24 | 6,708.24 | 694,352 | 103.51 | 1,298.92 | 534.56 | 77.5% | Matsue | |
| 20 | Tochigi | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 6,408.09 | 6,408.09 | 1,974,255 | 308.09 | 2,982.76 | 661.89 | 53.2% | Utsunomiya | |
| 21 | Gumma | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 6,362.28 | 6,362.28 | 1,973,115 | 310.13 | 2,279.36 | 865.64 | 63.8% | Maebashi | |
| 22 | Oita | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 6,340.71 | 5,100.28 | 1,240.43 | 1,166,338 | 183.94 | 1,798.91 | 648.36 | 70.6% | Oita |
| 23 | Yamaguchi | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 6,112.30 | 6,112.30 | 1,404,729 | 229.82 | 1,706.74 | 823.05 | 71.6% | Yamaguchi | |
| 24 | Ibaraki | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 6,097.06 | 6,097.06 | 2,916,976 | 478.42 | 3,974.86 | 733.86 | 31.0% | Mito | |
| 25 | Mie | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 5,774.40 | 5,758.66 | 15.74 | 1,815,865 | 314.47 | 2,059.17 | 881.84 | 64.3% | Tsu |
| 26 | Ehime | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 5,676.11 | 5,676.11 | 1,385,262 | 244.05 | 1,673.14 | 827.94 | 70.3% | Matsuyama | |
| 27 | Aichi | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 5,172.48 | 5,123.48 | 49.00 | 7,483,128 | 1,446.72 | 2,987.77 | 2,504.59 | 42.2% | Nagoya |
| 28 | Chiba | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 5,157.65 | 5,082.90 | 74.75 | 6,222,666 | 1,206.49 | 3,554.37 | 1,750.71 | 30.4% | Chiba |
| 29 | Fukuoka | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 4,986.40 | 4,854.20 | 132.20 | 5,101,556 | 1,023.09 | 2,761.41 | 1,847.45 | 44.5% | Fukuoka |
| 30 | Wakayama | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 4,724.69 | 4,724.69 | 963,579 | 203.95 | 1,115.11 | 864.11 | 76.4% | Wakayama | |
| 31 | Kyoto | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 4,612.19 | 4,612.19 | 2,610,353 | 565.97 | 1,173.81 | 2,223.83 | 74.2% | Kyoto | |
| 32 | Yamanashi | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 4,465.27 | 4,253.95 | 211.32 | 834,930 | 186.98 | 954.38 | 874.84 | 77.8% | Kōfu |
| 33 | Toyama | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 4,247.61 | 2,045.94 | 2,201.67 | 1,066,328 | 251.04 | 1,842.82 | 578.64 | 56.6% | Toyama |
| 34 | Fukui | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 4,190.49 | 4,190.49 | 786,740 | 187.74 | 1,077.27 | 730.31 | 73.9% | Fukui | |
| 35 | Ishikawa | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 4,186.09 | 4,186.09 | 1,154,008 | 275.68 | 1,391.86 | 829.11 | 66.0% | Kanazawa | |
| 36 | Tokushima | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 4,146.65 | 4,146.65 | 755,733 | 182.25 | 1,010.20 | 748.10 | 75.2% | Tokushima | |
| 37 | Nagasaki | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 4,132.09 | 4,132.09 | 1,377,187 | 333.29 | 1,676.17 | 821.63 | 58.4% | Nagasaki | |
| 38 | Shiga | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 4,017.38 | 3,766.99 | 250.39 | 1,412,916 | 351.70 | 1,307.26 | 1,080.82 | 50.5% | Ōtsu |
| 39 | Saitama | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 3,797.75 | 3,767.62 | 30.13 | 7,266,534 | 1,913.38 | 2,584.64 | 2,811.43 | 31.9% | Saitama |
| 40 | Nara | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 3,690.94 | 3,690.94 | 1,364,316 | 369.64 | 855.53 | 1,594.70 | 76.8% | Nara | |
| 41 | Tottori | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 3,507.05 | 3,507.05 | 573,441 | 163.51 | 900.75 | 636.63 | 73.3% | Tottori | |
| 42 | Saga | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 2,440.68 | 2,440.68 | 832,832 | 341.23 | 1,335.61 | 623.56 | 45.2% | Saga | |
| 43 | Kanagawa | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 2,415.83 | 2,415.83 | 9,126,214 | 3,777.67 | 1,470.59 | 6,205.82 | 38.8% | Yokohama | |
| 44 | Okinawa | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 2,281.12 | 2,281.12 | 1,433,566 | 628.45 | 1,169.16 | 1,226.15 | 46.1% | Naha | |
| 45 | Tokyo | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 2,190.93 | 2,106.23 | 84.70 | 13,515,271 | 6,168.74 | 1,418.40 | 9,528.53 | 34.8% | Tokyo |
| 46 | Osaka | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 1,905.14 | 1,905.14 | 8,839,469 | 4,639.80 | 1,330.58 | 6,643.32 | 30.1% | Osaka | |
| 47 | Kagawa | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 1,876.72 | 1,862.50 | 14.22 | 976,263 | 520.20 | 1,005.54 | 970.88 | 46.4% | Takamatsu |
| Japan | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 377,970.75 | 365,190.44 | 12,780.27 | 127,094,745 | 336.26 | 122,630.69 | 1,036.40 | 64.6% | Tokyo | |
Prefectures of Japan ranked by area as of January 1, 1883
Native registered (本籍, honseki) population for January 1, 1883 was calculated based on information of family registries (戸籍, koseki).[5] Areas were calculated based on maps drawn by Inō Tadataka.[6] Ranks are given by estimated areas.
| Rank | Prefectures | Japanese | Estimated Area |
Estimated Area |
honseki Population |
Density (/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sapporo-ken[8] | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 3,245.51 | 50,057.03 | 61,144 | 1.22 |
| 2 | Nemuro-ken[8] | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 2,335.28 | 36,018.12 | 5,642 | 0.16 |
| 3 | Kagoshima-ken[9] | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 1,089.65 | 16,806.19 | 1,291,586 | 76.85 |
| 4 | Iwate-ken | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 899.19 | 13,868.63 | 611,735 | 44.11 |
| 5 | Fukushima-ken | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 884.33 | 13,639.44 | 840,241 | 61.60 |
| 6 | Nagano-ken | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 853.76 | 13,167.94 | 1,033,969 | 78.52 |
| 7 | Niigata-ken | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 786.33 | 12,127.94 | 1,586,599 | 130.82 |
| 8 | Akita-ken | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 754.00 | 11,629.30 | 633,203 | 54.45 |
| 9 | Gifu-ken | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 671.45 | 10,356.09 | 868,333 | 83.85 |
| 10 | Aomori-ken | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 607.03 | 9,362.51 | 488,505 | 52.18 |
| 11 | Yamagata-ken | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 600.15 | 9,256.40 | 695,533 | 75.14 |
| 12 | Hyōgo-ken | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 556.68 | 8,585.94 | 1,433,355 | 166.94 |
| 13 | Miyagi-ken | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 540.79 | 8,340.86 | 633,194 | 75.91 |
| 14 | Ishikawa-ken[10] | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 537.13 | 8,284.41 | 1,428,073 | 172.38 |
| 15 | Hiroshima-ken | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 520.78 | 8,032.24 | 1,252,811 | 155.97 |
| 16 | Hakodate-ken[8] | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 514.57 | 7,936.46 | 117,063 | 14.75 |
| 17 | Shizuoka-ken | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 503.82 | 7,770.65 | 985,881 | 126.87 |
| 18 | Kumamoto-ken | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 465.47 | 7,179.16 | 997,830 | 138.99 |
| 19 | Kōchi-ken | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 454.72 | 7,013.36 | 549,184 | 78.31 |
| 20 | Ehime-ken[11] | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 454.67 | 7,012.59 | 1,491,614 | 212.71 |
| 21 | Shimane-ken | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 435.82 | 6,721.86 | 674,984 | 100.42 |
| 22 | Okayama-ken | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 420.98 | 6,492.97 | 1,029,567 | 158.57 |
| 23 | Tochigi-ken | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 411.77 | 6,350.92 | 609,000 | 95.89 |
| 24 | Gunma-ken | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 407.25 | 6,281.21 | 613,410 | 97.66 |
| 25 | Ōita-ken | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 402.73 | 6,211.49 | 746,411 | 120.17 |
| 26 | Nagasaki-ken[12] | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 395.23 | 6,095.82 | 1,212,157 | 198.85 |
| 27 | Yamaguchi-ken | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 389.99 | 6,015.00 | 897,370 | 149.19 |
| 28 | Ibaraki-ken | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 385.16 | 5,940.50 | 920,876 | 155.02 |
| 29 | Mie-ken | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 368.55 | 5,684.32 | 870,137 | 153.08 |
| 30 | Chiba-ken | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 326.45 | 5,034.99 | 1,124,085 | 223.25 |
| 31 | Fukuoka-ken | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 317.81 | 4,901.73 | 1,128,289 | 230.18 |
| 32 | Ōsaka-fu[13] | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 317.14 | 4,891.40 | 1,585,696 | 324.18 |
| 33 | Aichi-ken | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 312.78 | 4,824.15 | 1,354,996 | 280.88 |
| 34 | Wakayama-ken | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 310.62 | 4,790.84 | 610,182 | 127.36 |
| 35 | Kyōto-fu | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 296.55 | 4,573.83 | 840,951 | 183.86 |
| 36 | Yamanashi-ken | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 289.85 | 4,470.49 | 410,246 | 91.77 |
| 37 | Fukui-ken | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 272.40 | 4,201.35 | 582,210 | 138.58 |
| 38 | Tokushima-ken | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 271.28 | 4,184.08 | 649,616 | 155.26 |
| 39 | Saitama-ken | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 265.84 | 4,100.18 | 970,598 | 236.72 |
| 40 | Shiga-ken | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 258.44 | 3,986.04 | 639,961 | 160.55 |
| 41 | Kanagawa-ken[14] | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 229.17 | 3,534.60 | 800,925 | 226.60 |
| 42 | Tottori-ken | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 224.16 | 3,457.33 | 379,747 | 109.84 |
| 43 | Okinawa-ken | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 156.91 | 2,420.10 | 360,770 | 149.07 |
| 44 | Tōkyō-fu[14] | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 52.32 | 806.96 | 999,623 | 1,238.76 |
| Japan | error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help) | 24,794.51 | 382,417.41 | 37,017,302 | 96.80 |
See also
- List of Japanese prefectures by GDP
- List of Japanese prefectures by population
- ISO 3166-2 codes for Japan
- Government of Japan
- Prefectures of Japan
External links
References and notes
- ^ Population estimates for October 1, 2015 are according to those reported by the Statistics Bureau of Japan. Area estimates for October 1, 2015 are according to those reported by the Geographical Survey Institute of Japan. See Area of Japanese Prefectures as of October 1, 2015 and Outline of the System of Social and Demographic Statistics of Japan.Template:Ja icon
- ^ Expediential values estimated by the Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, because of the uncertainty of boundaries.
- ^ Excludes undetermined (i.e. uncertain or disputed) areas.
- ^ The sum of prefectural undetermined areas for each prefecture doubles the total prefectural undetermined areas in Japan.
- ^ According to Japan Household Tables for January 1, Meiji 16 (1883). See Digital Library at the National Diet Library of Japan[permanent dead link]
- ^ According to the 2nd Statistical Yearbook of the Empire of Japan (1883).
- ^ 1 square ri (方里, hōri) = 15.4234711 km².
- ^ a b c Three prefectures of Sapporo-, Hakodate- and Nemuro-ken were united to Hokkaidō-chō (Hokkaidō Agency) on January 26, 1886.
- ^ Includes present-day Miyazaki-ken split from Kagoshima-ken on May 9, 1883.
- ^ Includes present-day Toyama-ken split from Ishikawa-ken on May 9, 1883.
- ^ Includes present-day Kagawa-ken split from Ehime-ken on December 3, 1888.
- ^ Includes present-day Saga-ken split from Nagasaki-ken on May 9, 1883.
- ^ Includes Nara-ken split from Ōsaka-fu on November 4, 1887.
- ^ a b Kanagawa-ken includes Three districts of Tama relegated from Kanagawa-ken to Tōkyō-fu on April 1, 1893.