Fujian is 1.53× the size of Hokkaido (Japan)

Fujian (province of China) covers about 121,000 km² (46,600 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.

121,000km²Fujian
78,800km²Hokkaido (Japan)

100 km

Fujian
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 Fujian.
Fujian is larger by 41,900 km² (16,200 mi²), which is 53% of the area of Hokkaido (Japan).
Measured in Belgiums: Fujian is about 3.94, Hokkaido (Japan) about 2.57.

How they differ

Fujian also has the larger population: 41.5 million against 5.4 million, 7.65× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 344 in Fujian against 69 in Hokkaido (Japan): Fujian is 4.99× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 2,940 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Fujian at 26°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Hokkaido (Japan) at 43°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Fujian as 1.00× the size of Hokkaido (Japan) instead of 1.53×.
Together Fujian and Hokkaido (Japan) cover 200,000 km², close to the size of Kyrgyzstan (199,000 km², 0.3% smaller).
The gap between them, 41,900 km², is about the size of Switzerland (41,400 km²).
At Hokkaido (Japan)'s density, Fujian would have 8.3 million people (it has 41.5 million). At Fujian's density, Hokkaido (Japan) would have 27.1 million (it has 5.4 million).
Hokkaido (Japan)'s centre is 17.3° of latitude, about 1,920 km, farther north than Fujian's.
Fujian is the 23rd largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 1.3% of its area; it is the 12th 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 1,920 km) north of Fujian.
Shared out evenly, each person in Fujian would have about 2,910 m² and each person in Hokkaido (Japan) about 14,500 m².
Laid side by side, Fujian and Hokkaido (Japan) would cover 200,000 km², about the same size as Kyrgyzstan.
Together they have 47.0 million people, about as many people as Uganda.

Side by side

	Fujian	Hokkaido (Japan)
Is a	ProvinceChina	PrefectureJapan
Area, measured	121,000 km²46,600 mi²	78,800 km²30,400 mi²
Official area	121,000 km²Wikidata	83,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	23rd of 31in China	1st of 47in Japan
Population	41.5 millionWikidata, 2020	5.4 millionWikidata, 2014
Rank by population	15th of 31in China	8th of 47in Japan
Density	344 per km²	69 per km²
Capital	Fuzhou	Sapporo
Latitude range	24°N to 28°N	41°N to 46°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 121,000 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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