Bihar is 1.20× the size of Hokkaido (Japan)

Bihar (state of India) covers about 94,700 km² (36,600 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.

94,700km²Bihar
78,800km²Hokkaido (Japan)

100 km

Bihar
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 83% of the size of Bihar.
Bihar is larger by 15,900 km² (6,140 mi²), which is 20% of the area of Hokkaido (Japan).
Measured in Belgiums: Bihar is about 3.09, Hokkaido (Japan) about 2.57.

How they differ

Bihar also has the larger population: 103.8 million against 5.4 million, 19.1× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 1,096 in Bihar against 69 in Hokkaido (Japan): Bihar is 15.9× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 5,460 km apart.
On a standard web map Hokkaido (Japan) looks larger than Bihar: Bihar 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 1.28× the size of Bihar, when Bihar is 1.20× the size of Hokkaido (Japan).
Together Bihar and Hokkaido (Japan) cover 173,000 km², close to the size of Uruguay (177,000 km², 2.2% bigger).
The gap between them, 15,900 km², is about the size of East Timor (15,100 km²).
At Hokkaido (Japan)'s density, Bihar would have 6.5 million people (it has 103.8 million). At Bihar's density, Hokkaido (Japan) would have 86.4 million (it has 5.4 million).
Hokkaido (Japan)'s centre is 17.7° of latitude, about 1,970 km, farther north than Bihar's.
Bihar is the 12th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 3.0% of its area; it is the 5th 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 18° of latitude (roughly 1,970 km) north of Bihar.
Shared out evenly, each person in Bihar would have about 910 m² and each person in Hokkaido (Japan) about 14,500 m².
Laid side by side, Bihar and Hokkaido (Japan) would cover 173,000 km², about the same size as Uruguay.
Together they have 109.2 million people, 97% as many people as the Philippines.

Side by side

	Bihar	Hokkaido (Japan)
Is a	StateIndia	PrefectureJapan
Area, measured	94,700 km²36,600 mi²	78,800 km²30,400 mi²
Official area	94,200 km²Wikidata	83,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	12th of 36in India	1st of 47in Japan
Population	103.8 millionWikidata, 2011	5.4 millionWikidata, 2014
Rank by population	3rd of 36in India	8th of 47in Japan
Density	1,096 per km²	69 per km²
Capital	Patna	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 94,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 94,700 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
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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