Hokkaido (Japan) is 1.13× the size of Bavaria

Hokkaido (Japan) (prefecture of Japan) covers about 78,800 km² (30,400 mi²) and Bavaria (state of Germany) about 70,000 km² (27,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

78,800km²Hokkaido (Japan)
70,000km²Bavaria

100 km

Hokkaido (Japan)
Bavaria

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

Bavaria is 89% of the size of Hokkaido (Japan).
Hokkaido (Japan) is larger by 8,760 km² (3,380 mi²), which is 13% of the area of Bavaria.
Measured in Belgiums: Hokkaido (Japan) is about 2.57, Bavaria about 2.28.

How they differ

Hokkaido (Japan) is larger, but Bavaria has the larger population: 13.0 million against 5.4 million, 2.40× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 186 in Bavaria against 69 in Hokkaido (Japan): Bavaria is 2.70× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,700 km apart.
On a standard web map Bavaria looks larger than Hokkaido (Japan): Hokkaido (Japan) at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Bavaria at 49°N about 2.3×, so the map shows Bavaria as 1.09× the size of Hokkaido (Japan), when Hokkaido (Japan) is 1.13× the size of Bavaria.
Together Hokkaido (Japan) and Bavaria cover 149,000 km², close to the size of Nepal (147,000 km², 1.1% smaller).
The gap between them, 8,760 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
At Bavaria's density, Hokkaido (Japan) would have 14.7 million people (it has 5.4 million). At Hokkaido (Japan)'s density, Bavaria would have 4.8 million (it has 13.0 million).
Bavaria's centre is 5.6° of latitude, about 620 km, farther north than Hokkaido (Japan)'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.
Bavaria is the largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 20% of its area; it is the 11th most densely populated of them.
Bavaria lies about 6° of latitude (roughly 617 km) north of Hokkaido (Japan).
Shared out evenly, each person in Hokkaido (Japan) would have about 14,500 m² and each person in Bavaria about 5,370 m².
Laid side by side, Hokkaido (Japan) and Bavaria would cover 149,000 km², about the same size as Nepal.
Together they have 18.5 million people, about as many people as the Netherlands.

Side by side

	Hokkaido (Japan)	Bavaria
Is a	PrefectureJapan	StateGermany
Area, measured	78,800 km²30,400 mi²	70,000 km²27,000 mi²
Official area	83,400 km²Wikidata	70,600 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	1st of 47in Japan	1st of 16in Germany
Population	5.4 millionWikidata, 2014	13.0 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	8th of 47in Japan	2nd of 16in Germany
Density	69 per km²	186 per km²
Capital	Sapporo	Munich
Latitude range	41°N to 46°N	47°N to 51°N

Population: Wikidata 2014 and Wikidata 2022. 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.
Wikidata's official figure of 70,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 70,000 km², to within 2%.

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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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