Hokkaido (Japan) is 1.09× the size of Baja California Sur

Hokkaido (Japan) (prefecture of Japan) covers about 78,800 km² (30,400 mi²) and Baja California Sur (state of Mexico) about 72,100 km² (27,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

78,800km²Hokkaido (Japan)
72,100km²Baja California Sur

100 km

Hokkaido (Japan)
Baja California Sur

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

Baja California Sur is 92% of the size of Hokkaido (Japan).
Hokkaido (Japan) is larger by 6,660 km² (2,570 mi²), which is 9.2% of the area of Baja California Sur.
Measured in Belgiums: Hokkaido (Japan) is about 2.57, Baja California Sur about 2.35.

How they differ

Hokkaido (Japan) also has the larger population: 5.4 million against 637,000, 8.53× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 69 in Hokkaido (Japan) against 8.8 in Baja California Sur: Hokkaido (Japan) is 7.81× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,200 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Hokkaido (Japan) at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Baja California Sur at 26°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Hokkaido (Japan) as 1.67× the size of Baja California Sur instead of 1.09×.
Together Hokkaido (Japan) and Baja California Sur cover 151,000 km², close to the size of Nepal (147,000 km², 2.5% smaller).
The gap between them, 6,660 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
At Baja California Sur's density, Hokkaido (Japan) would have 696,000 people (it has 5.4 million). At Hokkaido (Japan)'s density, Baja California Sur would have 5.0 million (it has 637,000).
Hokkaido (Japan)'s centre is 17.5° of latitude, about 1,940 km, farther north than Baja California Sur's.
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.
Baja California Sur is the 11th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.7% of its area; it is the 32nd most densely populated of them.
Hokkaido (Japan) lies about 17° of latitude (roughly 1,940 km) north of Baja California Sur.
Shared out evenly, each person in Hokkaido (Japan) would have about 14,500 m² and each person in Baja California Sur about 113,220 m².
Laid side by side, Hokkaido (Japan) and Baja California Sur would cover 151,000 km², about the same size as Nepal.
Together they have 6.1 million people, about as many people as Lebanon.

Side by side

	Hokkaido (Japan)	Baja California Sur
Is a	PrefectureJapan	StateMexico
Area, measured	78,800 km²30,400 mi²	72,100 km²27,800 mi²
Official area	83,400 km²Wikidata	73,900 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	1st of 47in Japan	11th of 32in Mexico
Population	5.4 millionWikidata, 2014	637,000Wikidata, 2010
Rank by population	8th of 47in Japan	32nd of 32in Mexico
Density	69 per km²	8.8 per km²
Capital	Sapporo	La Paz
Latitude range	41°N to 46°N	23°N to 28°N

Population: Wikidata 2014 and Wikidata 2010. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

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.
Our measured 72,100 km² is 2.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 73,900 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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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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