Assam is 1.01× the size of Hokkaido (Japan)

Assam (state of India) covers about 79,500 km² (30,700 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.

79,500km²Assam
78,800km²Hokkaido (Japan)

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Assam
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 99% of the size of Assam.
Assam is larger by 748 km² (289 mi²), which is 0.9% of the area of Hokkaido (Japan).
Measured in Belgiums: Assam is about 2.59, Hokkaido (Japan) about 2.57.

How they differ

Assam also has the larger population: 31.2 million against 5.4 million, 5.74× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 392 in Assam against 69 in Hokkaido (Japan): Assam is 5.69× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 4,830 km apart.
On a standard web map Hokkaido (Japan) looks larger than Assam: Assam at 26°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Hokkaido (Japan) at 43°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Hokkaido (Japan) as 1.51× the size of Assam, when Assam is 1.01× the size of Hokkaido (Japan).
Together Assam and Hokkaido (Japan) cover 158,000 km², close to the size of Tunisia (157,000 km², 1.1% smaller).
At Hokkaido (Japan)'s density, Assam would have 5.5 million people (it has 31.2 million). At Assam's density, Hokkaido (Japan) would have 30.9 million (it has 5.4 million).
Hokkaido (Japan)'s centre is 17.0° of latitude, about 1,890 km, farther north than Assam's.
Assam is the 15th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 2.5% of its area; it is the 15th 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 17° of latitude (roughly 1,890 km) north of Assam.
Shared out evenly, each person in Assam would have about 2,550 m² and each person in Hokkaido (Japan) about 14,500 m².
Laid side by side, Assam and Hokkaido (Japan) would cover 158,000 km², about the same size as Tunisia.
Together they have 36.6 million people, about as many people as Angola.

Side by side

	Assam	Hokkaido (Japan)
Is a	StateIndia	PrefectureJapan
Area, measured	79,500 km²30,700 mi²	78,800 km²30,400 mi²
Official area	78,400 km²Wikidata	83,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	15th of 36in India	1st of 47in Japan
Population	31.2 millionWikidata, 2011	5.4 millionWikidata, 2014
Rank by population	15th of 36in India	8th of 47in Japan
Density	392 per km²	69 per km²
Capital	Dispur	Sapporo
Latitude range	24°N to 28°N	41°N to 46°N

Population: Wikidata 2011 and Wikidata 2014. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 78,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 79,500 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
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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