Anhui is 1.78× the size of Hokkaido (Japan)

What fits

• Hokkaido (Japan) is 56% of the size of Anhui.
• Anhui is larger by 61,400 km² (23,700 mi²), which is 78% of the area of Hokkaido (Japan).
• Measured in Belgiums: Anhui is about 4.57, Hokkaido (Japan) about 2.57.

How they differ

• Anhui also has the larger population: 61.0 million against 5.4 million, 11.2× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 435 in Anhui against 69 in Hokkaido (Japan): Anhui is 6.31× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 2,560 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Anhui at 32°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Hokkaido (Japan) at 43°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Anhui as 1.30× the size of Hokkaido (Japan) instead of 1.78×.
• Together Anhui and Hokkaido (Japan) cover 219,000 km², close to the size of Guyana (211,000 km², 3.5% smaller).
• The gap between them, 61,400 km², is about the size of Latvia (64,600 km²).
• At Hokkaido (Japan)'s density, Anhui would have 9.7 million people (it has 61.0 million). At Anhui's density, Hokkaido (Japan) would have 34.3 million (it has 5.4 million).
• Hokkaido (Japan)'s centre is 11.6° of latitude, about 1,290 km, farther north than Anhui's.
• Anhui is the 22nd largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 1.5% of its area; it is the 9th 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 12° of latitude (roughly 1,290 km) north of Anhui.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Anhui would have about 2,300 m² and each person in Hokkaido (Japan) about 14,500 m².
• Laid side by side, Anhui and Hokkaido (Japan) would cover 219,000 km², 1.04× the size of Guyana.
• Together they have 66.5 million people, about as many people as Thailand.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2014. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 139,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 140,000 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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