Durango is 1.54× the size of Hokkaido (Japan)

Durango (state of Mexico) covers about 121,000 km² (46,700 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.

121,000km²Durango
78,800km²Hokkaido (Japan)

100 km

Durango
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 65% of the size of Durango.
Durango is larger by 42,200 km² (16,300 mi²), which is 54% of the area of Hokkaido (Japan).
Measured in Belgiums: Durango is about 3.95, Hokkaido (Japan) about 2.57.

How they differ

Durango is larger, but Hokkaido (Japan) has the larger population: 5.4 million against 1.8 million, 3.10× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 69 in Hokkaido (Japan) against 14 in Durango: Hokkaido (Japan) is 4.76× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,770 km apart.
On a standard web map Hokkaido (Japan) looks larger than Durango: Durango at 25°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Hokkaido (Japan) at 43°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Hokkaido (Japan) as 1.01× the size of Durango, when Durango is 1.54× the size of Hokkaido (Japan).
Together Durango and Hokkaido (Japan) cover 200,000 km², close to the size of Kyrgyzstan (199,000 km², 0.4% smaller).
The gap between them, 42,200 km², is about the size of Denmark (42,700 km²).
At Hokkaido (Japan)'s density, Durango would have 8.3 million people (it has 1.8 million). At Durango's density, Hokkaido (Japan) would have 1.1 million (it has 5.4 million).
Hokkaido (Japan)'s centre is 18.5° of latitude, about 2,050 km, farther north than Durango's.
Durango is the 4th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 6.2% of its area; it is the 30th 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 2,050 km) north of Durango.
Shared out evenly, each person in Durango would have about 68,970 m² and each person in Hokkaido (Japan) about 14,500 m².
Laid side by side, Durango and Hokkaido (Japan) would cover 200,000 km², about the same size as Kyrgyzstan.
Together they have 7.2 million people, about as many people as Kyrgyzstan.

Side by side

	Durango	Hokkaido (Japan)
Is a	StateMexico	PrefectureJapan
Area, measured	121,000 km²46,700 mi²	78,800 km²30,400 mi²
Official area	123,000 km²Wikidata	83,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	4th of 32in Mexico	1st of 47in Japan
Population	1.8 millionWikidata, 2015	5.4 millionWikidata, 2014
Rank by population	25th of 32in Mexico	8th of 47in Japan
Density	14 per km²	69 per km²
Capital	Victoria de Durango	Sapporo
Latitude range	22°N to 27°N	41°N to 46°N

Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2014. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 123,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 121,000 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
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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