Georgia (United States) is 1.93× the size of Hokkaido (Japan)

Georgia (United States) (state of the United States) covers about 152,000 km² (58,800 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.

152,000km²Georgia (United States)
78,800km²Hokkaido (Japan)

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Georgia (United States)
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 52% of the size of Georgia (United States).
Georgia (United States) is larger by 73,400 km² (28,300 mi²), which is 93% of the area of Hokkaido (Japan).
Measured in Belgiums: Georgia (United States) is about 4.96, Hokkaido (Japan) about 2.57.

How they differ

Georgia (United States) also has the larger population: 10.7 million against 5.4 million, 1.97× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 70 in Georgia (United States) against 69 in Hokkaido (Japan): Georgia (United States) is 1.02× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,400 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Georgia (United States) at 33°N is drawn about 1.4× too large and Hokkaido (Japan) at 43°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Georgia (United States) as 1.44× the size of Hokkaido (Japan) instead of 1.93×.
Together Georgia (United States) and Hokkaido (Japan) cover 231,000 km², close to the size of Laos (228,000 km², 1.2% smaller).
The gap between them, 73,400 km², is about the size of Panama (74,500 km²).
At Hokkaido (Japan)'s density, Georgia (United States) would have 10.5 million people (it has 10.7 million). At Georgia (United States)'s density, Hokkaido (Japan) would have 5.5 million (it has 5.4 million).
Hokkaido (Japan)'s centre is 10.7° of latitude, about 1,190 km, farther north than Georgia (United States)'s.
Georgia (United States) is the 23rd largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.6% of its area; it is the 18th 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 11° of latitude (roughly 1,190 km) north of Georgia (United States).
Shared out evenly, each person in Georgia (United States) would have about 14,210 m² and each person in Hokkaido (Japan) about 14,500 m².
Laid side by side, Georgia (United States) and Hokkaido (Japan) would cover 231,000 km², about the same size as Laos.
Together they have 16.1 million people, 96% as many people as Senegal.

Side by side

	Georgia (United States)	Hokkaido (Japan)
Is a	StateUnited States	PrefectureJapan
Area, measured	152,000 km²58,800 mi²	78,800 km²30,400 mi²
Official area	154,000 km²Wikidata	83,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	23rd of 51in the United States	1st of 47in Japan
Population	10.7 millionWikidata, 2020	5.4 millionWikidata, 2014
Rank by population	8th of 51in the United States	8th of 47in Japan
Density	70 per km²	69 per km²
Capital	Atlanta	Sapporo
Latitude range	30°N to 35°N	41°N to 46°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 154,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 152,000 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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