Brisbane
15,826 km²
Kyoto
828 km²
Australia
Japan
Area Comparison
Brisbane is 19.1x larger than Kyoto
Population Comparison
Brisbane has 1.9x more people than Kyoto
In terms of area, Brisbane is 19.1x the size of Kyoto. Brisbane spans 15,826 km² (6,110 mi²) while Kyoto covers 828 km² (320 mi²) — a difference of 14,998 km². You could fit Kyoto inside Brisbane approximately 19 times.
To put Brisbane's size in perspective, its area of 15,826 km² is about 2.5x the size of Shanghai. Meanwhile, Kyoto at 828 km² is roughly the same size as New York City.
Brisbane's footprint is roughly about 2,200,000 American football fields, 150 times the area of Paris, or 130 times the area of San Francisco — pick whichever unit feels intuitive. Kyoto works out to about 116,000 American football fields, 14 times the area of Manhattan, or 8 times the area of Paris.
Brisbane is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Queensland and the third-most populous city in Australia, with a population of approximately 2.8 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of South East Queensland, a bio-geographical and urban region with an estimated population of 4.1 million as of 2024. The central business district is situated within a peninsula of the Brisbane River approximately 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from its mouth at Moreton Bay.
Known as "Brissy", Brisbane covers 15,826 km² with a population of 2.7 million. The city was established in 1824. Brisbane is known for Brisbane River, South Bank Parklands, Story Bridge, among other attractions.
Brisbane is Queensland's capital and Australia's third-most populous city with around 2.8 million residents.
Kyoto, officially Kyoto City , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan's largest and most populous island of Honshu. As of 2020, the city had a population of 1.46 million, making it the ninth-most populous city in Japan. More than half (56.8%) of Kyoto Prefecture's population resides in the city. The city is the cultural anchor of the substantially larger Greater Kyoto, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) home to a census-estimated 3.8 million people.
Nicknamed "Thousand-Year Capital", Kyoto has an area of 828 km² and is home to 1.5 million people. The city dates back to 794. Visitors come for Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kinkaku-ji Golden Pavilion, Gion geisha district, and much more.
More than half of Kyoto Prefecture's entire population lives within Kyoto City itself.
Brisbane has a population density of 171 people per km² — a low-density, sprawling urban area. Kyoto, with 1,763 people per km², is a relatively spread-out city. Kyoto is dramatically more crowded, with 10.3x the population density.
Size Ratio
Kyoto fits inside Brisbane ~19 times
Density Gap
Kyoto is 10.3x more densely populated
History
Kyoto is ~1,030 years older
Brisbane covers 15,826 km². Cities with a similar urban footprint include Beijing (16,411 km²), Hangzhou (16,854 km²), Chengdu (14,378 km²), Sydney (12,368 km²), or Xi'an (10,097 km²).
Kyoto covers 828 km². Cities with a similar urban footprint include Santiago (838 km²), New York (783 km²), Berlin (892 km²), Hamburg (755 km²), or Bangalore (741 km²).
The straight-line distance from Brisbane to Kyoto is 7,180 km (4,462 miles), with an estimated flight time of ~8h 57m.
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