Austria is 1.07× the size of Hokkaido (Japan)

Austria (Europe) covers about 84,000 km² (32,400 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.

84,000km²Austria
78,800km²Hokkaido (Japan)

200 km

Austria
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 94% of the size of Austria.
Austria is larger by 5,210 km² (2,010 mi²), which is 6.6% of the area of Hokkaido (Japan).
Measured in Belgiums: Austria is about 2.74, Hokkaido (Japan) about 2.57.

How they differ

Austria also has the larger population: 9.0 million against 5.4 million, 1.65× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 107 in Austria against 69 in Hokkaido (Japan): Austria is 1.55× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,710 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Austria at 48°N is drawn about 2.2× too large and Hokkaido (Japan) at 43°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Austria as 1.24× the size of Hokkaido (Japan) instead of 1.07×.
Together Austria and Hokkaido (Japan) cover 163,000 km², close to the size of Somaliland (167,000 km², 2.8% bigger).
The gap between them, 5,210 km², is about the size of Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km²).
At Hokkaido (Japan)'s density, Austria would have 5.8 million people (it has 9.0 million). At Austria's density, Hokkaido (Japan) would have 8.4 million (it has 5.4 million).
Austria's centre is 4.2° of latitude, about 470 km, farther north than Hokkaido (Japan)'s.
Austria ranks 116th of 246 countries and territories by area.
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.
Austria lies about 4° of latitude (roughly 468 km) north of Hokkaido (Japan).
Shared out evenly, each person in Austria would have about 9,350 m² and each person in Hokkaido (Japan) about 14,500 m².
Laid side by side, Austria and Hokkaido (Japan) would cover 163,000 km², 1.04× the size of Tunisia.
Together they have 14.4 million people, about as many people as Rwanda.
Counted as a country, Hokkaido (Japan) would rank 116th by area and 118th by population.

Side by side

	Austria	Hokkaido (Japan)
Is a	CountryEurope	PrefectureJapan
Area, measured	84,000 km²32,400 mi²	78,800 km²30,400 mi²
Official area	83,900 km²Wikidata	83,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	115th of 239worldwide	1st of 47in Japan
Population	9.0 millionWikidata, 2022	5.4 millionWikidata, 2014
Rank by population	98th of 237worldwide	8th of 47in Japan
Density	107 per km²	69 per km²
Capital	Vienna	Sapporo
Latitude range	46°N to 49°N	41°N to 46°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2014. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 83,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 84,000 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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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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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