List of Japanese prefectures by area

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This is the 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.<ref>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:In lang</ref> 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)<ref>Expediential values estimated by the Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, because of the uncertainty of boundaries.</ref> 		Determined
Area
(km2)<ref>Excludes undetermined (i.e. uncertain or disputed) areas.</ref> 		Undetermined
Area
(km2)<ref>The sum of prefectural undetermined areas for each prefecture doubles the total prefectural undetermined areas in Japan.</ref> 		Population Density
(/km2) 		Inhabitable AreaTemplate:Citation needed Forest
Area
(%)Template:Citation needed 		Capital
(km2) Density
(/km2)
1 Hokkaido Template:Nihongo2 83,424.31 83,424.31 5,381,733 64.51 22,372.86 240.55 63.8% Sapporo
2 Iwate Template:Nihongo2 15,275.01 15,275.01 1,279,594 83.77 3,714.01 344.53 74.9% Morioka
3 Fukushima Template:Nihongo2 13,783.74 13,783.74 1,914,039 138.86 4,217.02 453.88 67.9% Fukushima
4 Nagano Template:Nihongo2 13,561.56 13,104.29 457.27 2,098,804 154.76 3,225.52 650.69 75.5% Nagano
5 Niigata Template:Nihongo2 12,584.10 10,363.99 2,220.11 2,304,264 183.11 4,535.27 508.08 63.5% Niigata
6 Akita Template:Nihongo2 11,637.54 11,637.54 1,023,119 87.92 3,204.39 319.29 70.5% Akita
7 Gifu Template:Nihongo2 10,621.29 9,768.57 852.72 2,031,903 191.30 2,211.13 918.94 79.0% Gifu
8 Aomori Template:Nihongo2 9,645.59 9,645.59 1,308,265 135.63 3,229.50 405.10 63.8% Aomori
9 Yamagata Template:Nihongo2 9,323.15 6,651.83 2,671.32 1,123,891 120.55 2,884.80 389.59 68.7% Yamagata
10 Kagoshima Template:Nihongo2 9,186.94 9,042.65 144.29 1,648,177 179.40 3,312.81 497.52 63.4% Kagoshima
11 Hiroshima Template:Nihongo2 8,479.45 8,479.45 2,843,990 335.40 2,310.91 1,230.68 71.8% Hiroshima
12 Hyogo Template:Nihongo2 8,400.96 8,400.96 5,534,800 658.83 2,782.95 1,988.82 66.7% Kobe
13 Shizuoka Template:Nihongo2 7,777.42 7,252.60 524.82 3,700,305 475.78 2,749.49 1,345.82 63.1% Shizuoka
14 Miyazaki Template:Nihongo2 7,735.31 6,794.24 941.07 1,104,069 142.73 1,849.87 596.84 75.8% Miyazaki
15 Kumamoto Template:Nihongo2 7,409.35 7,272.41 136.94 1,786,170 241.07 2,796.13 638.80 60.4% Kumamoto
16 Miyagi Template:Nihongo2 7,282.22 6,858.62 423.60 2,333,899 320.49 3,154.83 739.79 55.9% Sendai
17 Okayama Template:Nihongo2 7,114.50 7,010.92 103.58 1,921,525 270.09 2,218.89 865.98 68.0% Okayama
18 Kochi Template:Nihongo2 7,103.93 7,103.93 728,276 102.52 1,163.18 626.11 83.3% Kōchi
19 Shimane Template:Nihongo2 6,708.24 6,708.24 694,352 103.51 1,298.92 534.56 77.5% Matsue
20 Tochigi Template:Nihongo2 6,408.09 6,408.09 1,974,255 308.09 2,982.76 661.89 53.2% Utsunomiya
21 Gunma Template:Nihongo2 6,362.28 6,362.28 1,973,115 310.13 2,279.36 865.64 63.8% Maebashi
22 Oita Template:Nihongo2 6,340.71 5,100.28 1,240.43 1,166,338 183.94 1,798.91 648.36 70.6% Oita
23 Yamaguchi Template:Nihongo2 6,112.30 6,112.30 1,404,729 229.82 1,706.74 823.05 71.6% Yamaguchi
24 Ibaraki Template:Nihongo2 6,097.06 6,097.06 2,916,976 478.42 3,974.86 733.86 31.0% Mito
25 Mie Template:Nihongo2 5,774.40 5,758.66 15.74 1,815,865 314.47 2,059.17 881.84 64.3% Tsu
26 Ehime Template:Nihongo2 5,676.11 5,676.11 1,385,262 244.05 1,673.14 827.94 70.3% Matsuyama
27 Aichi Template:Nihongo2 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 Template:Nihongo2 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 Template:Nihongo2 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 Template:Nihongo2 4,724.69 4,724.69 963,579 203.95 1,115.11 864.11 76.4% Wakayama
31 Kyoto Template:Nihongo2 4,612.19 4,612.19 2,610,353 565.97 1,173.81 2,223.83 74.2% Kyoto
32 Yamanashi Template:Nihongo2 4,465.27 4,253.95 211.32 834,930 186.98 954.38 874.84 77.8% Kōfu
33 Toyama Template:Nihongo2 4,247.61 2,045.94 2,201.67 1,066,328 251.04 1,842.82 578.64 56.6% Toyama
34 Fukui Template:Nihongo2 4,190.49 4,190.49 786,740 187.74 1,077.27 730.31 73.9% Fukui
35 Ishikawa Template:Nihongo2 4,186.09 4,186.09 1,154,008 275.68 1,391.86 829.11 66.0% Kanazawa
36 Tokushima Template:Nihongo2 4,146.65 4,146.65 755,733 182.25 1,010.20 748.10 75.2% Tokushima
37 Nagasaki Template:Nihongo2 4,132.09 4,132.09 1,377,187 333.29 1,676.17 821.63 58.4% Nagasaki
38 Shiga Template:Nihongo2 4,017.38 3,766.99 250.39 1,412,916 351.70 1,307.26 1,080.82 50.5% Ōtsu
39 Saitama Template:Nihongo2 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 Template:Nihongo2 3,690.94 3,690.94 1,364,316 369.64 855.53 1,594.70 76.8% Nara
41 Tottori Template:Nihongo2 3,507.05 3,507.05 573,441 163.51 900.75 636.63 73.3% Tottori
42 Saga Template:Nihongo2 2,440.68 2,440.68 832,832 341.23 1,335.61 623.56 45.2% Saga
43 Kanagawa Template:Nihongo2 2,415.83 2,415.83 9,126,214 3,777.67 1,470.59 6,205.82 38.8% Yokohama
44 Okinawa Template:Nihongo2 2,281.12 2,281.12 1,433,566 628.45 1,169.16 1,226.15 46.1% Naha
45 Tokyo Template:Nihongo2 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 Template:Nihongo2 1,905.14 1,905.14 8,839,469 4,639.80 1,330.58 6,643.32 30.1% Osaka
47 Kagawa Template:Nihongo2 1,876.72 1,862.50 14.22 976,263 520.20 1,005.54 970.88 46.4% Takamatsu
Japan Template:Nihongo2 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

Template:Nihongo population for January 1, 1883 was calculated based on information of Template:Nihongo.<ref>According to Japan Household Tables for January 1, Meiji 16 (1883). See Digital Library at the National Diet Library of JapanTemplate:Dead link</ref> Areas were calculated based on maps drawn by Inō Tadataka.<ref>According to the 2nd Statistical Yearbook of the Empire of Japan (1883).</ref> Ranks are given by estimated areas.

Rank Prefectures Japanese Estimated

Area
(hōri)<ref>1 Template:Nihongo = 15.4234711 km2.</ref>

Estimated

Area
(km2)

honseki

Population

Density

(/km2)

1 Sapporo-ken<ref name=Hokkaido>Three prefectures of Sapporo-, Hakodate- and Nemuro-ken were united to Hokkaidō-chō (Hokkaidō Agency) on January 26, 1886.</ref> Template:Nihongo2 3,245.51 50,057.03 61,144 1.22
2 Nemuro-ken<ref name=Hokkaido/> Template:Nihongo2 2,335.28 36,018.12 5,642 0.16
3 Kagoshima-ken<ref>Includes present-day Miyazaki-ken split from Kagoshima-ken on May 9, 1883.</ref> Template:Nihongo2 1,089.65 16,806.19 1,291,586 76.85
4 Iwate-ken Template:Nihongo2 899.19 13,868.63 611,735 44.11
5 Fukushima-ken Template:Nihongo2 884.33 13,639.44 840,241 61.60
6 Nagano-ken Template:Nihongo2 853.76 13,167.94 1,033,969 78.52
7 Niigata-ken Template:Nihongo2 786.33 12,127.94 1,586,599 130.82
8 Akita-ken Template:Nihongo2 754.00 11,629.30 633,203 54.45
9 Gifu-ken Template:Nihongo2 671.45 10,356.09 868,333 83.85
10 Aomori-ken Template:Nihongo2 607.03 9,362.51 488,505 52.18
11 Yamagata-ken Template:Nihongo2 600.15 9,256.40 695,533 75.14
12 Hyōgo-ken Template:Nihongo2 556.68 8,585.94 1,433,355 166.94
13 Miyagi-ken Template:Nihongo2 540.79 8,340.86 633,194 75.91
14 Ishikawa-ken<ref>Includes present-day Toyama-ken split from Ishikawa-ken on May 9, 1883.</ref> Template:Nihongo2 537.13 8,284.41 1,428,073 172.38
15 Hiroshima-ken Template:Nihongo2 520.78 8,032.24 1,252,811 155.97
16 Hakodate-ken<ref name=Hokkaido/> Template:Nihongo2 514.57 7,936.46 117,063 14.75
17 Shizuoka-ken Template:Nihongo2 503.82 7,770.65 985,881 126.87
18 Kumamoto-ken Template:Nihongo2 465.47 7,179.16 997,830 138.99
19 Kōchi-ken Template:Nihongo2 454.72 7,013.36 549,184 78.31
20 Ehime-ken<ref>Includes present-day Kagawa-ken split from Ehime-ken on December 3, 1888.</ref> Template:Nihongo2 454.67 7,012.59 1,491,614 212.71
21 Shimane-ken Template:Nihongo2 435.82 6,721.86 674,984 100.42
22 Okayama-ken Template:Nihongo2 420.98 6,492.97 1,029,567 158.57
23 Tochigi-ken Template:Nihongo2 411.77 6,350.92 609,000 95.89
24 Gunma-ken Template:Nihongo2 407.25 6,281.21 613,410 97.66
25 Ōita-ken Template:Nihongo2 402.73 6,211.49 746,411 120.17
26 Nagasaki-ken<ref>Includes present-day Saga-ken split from Nagasaki-ken on May 9, 1883.</ref> Template:Nihongo2 395.23 6,095.82 1,212,157 198.85
27 Yamaguchi-ken Template:Nihongo2 389.99 6,015.00 897,370 149.19
28 Ibaraki-ken Template:Nihongo2 385.16 5,940.50 920,876 155.02
29 Mie-ken Template:Nihongo2 368.55 5,684.32 870,137 153.08
30 Chiba-ken Template:Nihongo2 326.45 5,034.99 1,124,085 223.25
31 Fukuoka-ken Template:Nihongo2 317.81 4,901.73 1,128,289 230.18
32 Ōsaka-fu<ref>Includes Nara-ken split from Ōsaka-fu on November 4, 1887.</ref> Template:Nihongo2 317.14 4,891.40 1,585,696 324.18
33 Aichi-ken Template:Nihongo2 312.78 4,824.15 1,354,996 280.88
34 Wakayama-ken Template:Nihongo2 310.62 4,790.84 610,182 127.36
35 Kyōto-fu Template:Nihongo2 296.55 4,573.83 840,951 183.86
36 Yamanashi-ken Template:Nihongo2 289.85 4,470.49 410,246 91.77
37 Fukui-ken Template:Nihongo2 272.40 4,201.35 582,210 138.58
38 Tokushima-ken Template:Nihongo2 271.28 4,184.08 649,616 155.26
39 Saitama-ken Template:Nihongo2 265.84 4,100.18 970,598 236.72
40 Shiga-ken Template:Nihongo2 258.44 3,986.04 639,961 160.55
41 Kanagawa-ken<ref name=Tama>Kanagawa-ken includes Three districts of Tama relegated from Kanagawa-ken to Tōkyō-fu on April 1, 1893.</ref> Template:Nihongo2 229.17 3,534.60 800,925 226.60
42 Tottori-ken Template:Nihongo2 224.16 3,457.33 379,747 109.84
43 Okinawa-ken Template:Nihongo2 156.91 2,420.10 360,770 149.07
44 Tōkyō-fu<ref name=Tama/> Template:Nihongo2 52.32 806.96 999,623 1,238.76
Japan Template:Nihongo2 24,794.51 382,417.41 37,017,302 96.80

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