Andalusia is 1.11× the size of Hokkaido (Japan)

Andalusia (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 87,700 km² (33,900 mi²) and Hokkaido (Japan) (prefecture of Japan) about 78,800 km² (30,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

87,700km²Andalusia
78,800km²Hokkaido (Japan)

100 km

Andalusia
Hokkaido (Japan)

Hokkaido (Japan): Part of this region's boundary is disputed with Russia. Size Versus draws Natural Earth's de facto outline, the boundary as it is held on the ground, and takes no position on it.

What fits

Hokkaido (Japan) is 90% of the size of Andalusia.
Andalusia is larger by 8,910 km² (3,440 mi²), which is 11% of the area of Hokkaido (Japan).
Measured in Belgiums: Andalusia is about 2.86, Hokkaido (Japan) about 2.57.

How they differ

Andalusia also has the larger population: 8.6 million against 5.4 million, 1.59× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 98 in Andalusia against 69 in Hokkaido (Japan): Andalusia is 1.43× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,400 km apart.
On a standard web map Hokkaido (Japan) looks larger than Andalusia: Andalusia at 37°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Hokkaido (Japan) at 43°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Hokkaido (Japan) as 1.07× the size of Andalusia, when Andalusia is 1.11× the size of Hokkaido (Japan).
Together Andalusia and Hokkaido (Japan) cover 166,000 km², close to the size of Somaliland (167,000 km², 0.6% bigger).
The gap between them, 8,910 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
At Hokkaido (Japan)'s density, Andalusia would have 6.0 million people (it has 8.6 million). At Andalusia's density, Hokkaido (Japan) would have 7.7 million (it has 5.4 million).
Hokkaido (Japan)'s centre is 5.9° of latitude, about 660 km, farther north than Andalusia's.
Andalusia is the 2nd largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 17% of its area; it is the 11th most densely populated of them.
Hokkaido (Japan) is the largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 21% of its area; it is the 47th most densely populated of them.
Hokkaido (Japan) lies about 6° of latitude (roughly 657 km) north of Andalusia.
Shared out evenly, each person in Andalusia would have about 10,170 m² and each person in Hokkaido (Japan) about 14,500 m².
Laid side by side, Andalusia and Hokkaido (Japan) would cover 166,000 km², 1.06× the size of Tunisia.
Together they have 14.1 million people, about as many people as Benin.

Side by side

	Andalusia	Hokkaido (Japan)
Is a	Autonomous communitySpain	PrefectureJapan
Area, measured	87,700 km²33,900 mi²	78,800 km²30,400 mi²
Official area	87,300 km²Wikidata	83,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	2nd of 19in Spain	1st of 47in Japan
Population	8.6 millionWikidata, 2024	5.4 millionWikidata, 2014
Rank by population	1st of 19in Spain	8th of 47in Japan
Density	98 per km²	69 per km²
Capital	Seville	Sapporo
Latitude range	36°N to 39°N	41°N to 46°N

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2014. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 87,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 87,700 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 78,800 km² is 5.6% below Wikidata's official figure of 83,400 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Andalusia is the provinces Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-12

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