Chongqing is 1.05× the size of Hokkaido (Japan)

Chongqing (municipality of China) covers about 82,400 km² (31,800 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.

82,400km²Chongqing
78,800km²Hokkaido (Japan)

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Chongqing
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 96% of the size of Chongqing.
Chongqing is larger by 3,580 km² (1,380 mi²), which is 4.5% of the area of Hokkaido (Japan).
Measured in Belgiums: Chongqing is about 2.69, Hokkaido (Japan) about 2.57.

How they differ

Chongqing also has the larger population: 32.1 million against 5.4 million, 5.90× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 389 in Chongqing against 69 in Hokkaido (Japan): Chongqing is 5.64× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 3,400 km apart.
On a standard web map Hokkaido (Japan) looks larger than Chongqing: Chongqing at 30°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Hokkaido (Japan) at 43°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Hokkaido (Japan) as 1.36× the size of Chongqing, when Chongqing is 1.05× the size of Hokkaido (Japan).
Together Chongqing and Hokkaido (Japan) cover 161,000 km², close to the size of Tunisia (157,000 km², 2.8% smaller).
The gap between them, 3,580 km², is about the size of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (3,320 km²).
At Hokkaido (Japan)'s density, Chongqing would have 5.7 million people (it has 32.1 million). At Chongqing's density, Hokkaido (Japan) would have 30.7 million (it has 5.4 million).
Hokkaido (Japan)'s centre is 13.3° of latitude, about 1,480 km, farther north than Chongqing's.
Chongqing is the 26th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 0.9% 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 13° of latitude (roughly 1,480 km) north of Chongqing.
Shared out evenly, each person in Chongqing would have about 2,570 m² and each person in Hokkaido (Japan) about 14,500 m².
Laid side by side, Chongqing and Hokkaido (Japan) would cover 161,000 km², about the same size as Tunisia.
Together they have 37.5 million people, about as many people as Poland.

Side by side

	Chongqing	Hokkaido (Japan)
Is a	MunicipalityChina	PrefectureJapan
Area, measured	82,400 km²31,800 mi²	78,800 km²30,400 mi²
Official area	82,400 km²Wikidata	83,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	26th of 31in China	1st of 47in Japan
Population	32.1 millionWikidata, 2020	5.4 millionWikidata, 2014
Rank by population	19th of 31in China	8th of 47in Japan
Density	389 per km²	69 per km²
Capital	–	Sapporo
Latitude range	28°N to 32°N	41°N to 46°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 82,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 82,400 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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