A light-emitting diode apparatus comprising: a support substrate ; and a light-emitting diode array formed of multiple light-emitting diodes (2, A-H) arranged in a two-dimensional matrix of rows in a horizontal direction (H-H') and columns in a vertical direction (V-V') on the support substrate , constituting a light distribution center (LC) having a highest brightness in the light-emitting diode array, wherein the light-emitting diode array includes a central portion in which the light-emitting diodes in all columns have the same width in the horizontal direction (H-H') and the light-emitting diodes in each row have the same height in the vertical direction (V-V'), wherein the central portion includes at least one column in which the light-emitting diodes are configured into a plurality of control units, drive currents of which can be individually controlled, wherein the control units in the at least one column include a plurality of composite control units in each of which a plurality of light-emitting diodes are connected in series, wherein among the plurality of light-emitting diodes in each of the composite control units, a light-emitting diode which is positioned farther from the light distribution center (LC) has a larger light-emitting area than that of a light-emitting diode which is positioned nearer to the light distribution center (LC), and wherein the at least one column includes a first composite control unit and a second composite control unit disposed nearer to the light distribution center (LC) than the first composite control unit, and the first composite control unit includes a light-emitting diode having a smaller light-emitting area than that of a light-emitting diode in the second composite control unit. a support substrate ; and a light-emitting diode array formed of multiple light-emitting diodes (2, A-H) arranged in a two-dimensional matrix of rows in a horizontal direction (H-H') and columns in a vertical direction (V-V') on the support substrate , constituting a light distribution center (LC) having a highest brightness in the light-emitting diode array, wherein the light-emitting diode array includes a central portion in which the light-emitting diodes in all columns have the same width in the horizontal direction (H-H') and the light-emitting diodes in each row have the same height in the vertical direction (V-V'), wherein the central portion includes at least one column in which the light-emitting diodes are configured into a plurality of control units, drive currents of which can be individually controlled, wherein the control units in the at least one column include a plurality of composite control units in each of which a plurality of light-emitting diodes are connected in series, wherein among the plurality of light-emitting diodes in each of the composite control units, a light-emitting diode which is positioned farther from the light distribution center (LC) has a larger light-emitting area than that of a light-emitting diode which is positioned nearer to the light distribution center (LC), and wherein the at least one column includes a first composite control unit and a second composite control unit disposed nearer to the light distribution center (LC) than the first composite control unit, and the first composite control unit includes a light-emitting diode having a smaller light-emitting area than that of a light-emitting diode in the second composite control unit. <EOS>