Hokkaido (Japan) is 1.64× the size of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Hokkaido (Japan) (prefecture of Japan) covers about 78,800 km² (30,400 mi²) and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (region of France) about 48,000 km² (18,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

78,800km²Hokkaido (Japan)
48,000km²Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

100 km

Hokkaido (Japan)
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

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

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is 61% of the size of Hokkaido (Japan).
Hokkaido (Japan) is larger by 30,800 km² (11,900 mi²), which is 64% of the area of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Measured in Belgiums: Hokkaido (Japan) is about 2.57, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté about 1.56.

How they differ

Hokkaido (Japan) also has the larger population: 5.4 million against 2.8 million, 1.94× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 69 in Hokkaido (Japan) against 58 in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté: Hokkaido (Japan) is 1.18× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,120 km apart.
Together Hokkaido (Japan) and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté cover 127,000 km², close to the size of Nicaragua (129,000 km², 1.5% bigger).
The gap between them, 30,800 km², is about the size of Belgium (30,700 km²).
At Bourgogne-Franche-Comté's density, Hokkaido (Japan) would have 4.6 million people (it has 5.4 million). At Hokkaido (Japan)'s density, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté would have 3.3 million (it has 2.8 million).
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté's centre is 3.9° of latitude, about 430 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.
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is the 6th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 7.5% of its area; it is the 16th most densely populated of them.
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté lies about 4° of latitude (roughly 429 km) north of Hokkaido (Japan).
Shared out evenly, each person in Hokkaido (Japan) would have about 14,500 m² and each person in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté about 17,120 m².
Laid side by side, Hokkaido (Japan) and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté would cover 127,000 km², about the same size as Nicaragua.
Together they have 8.2 million people, about as many people as Honduras.

Side by side

	Hokkaido (Japan)	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Is a	PrefectureJapan	RegionFrance
Area, measured	78,800 km²30,400 mi²	48,000 km²18,500 mi²
Official area	83,400 km²Wikidata	47,800 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	1st of 47in Japan	6th of 18in France
Population	5.4 millionWikidata, 2014	2.8 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	8th of 47in Japan	11th of 18in France
Density	69 per km²	58 per km²
Capital	Sapporo	Dijon; Besançon
Latitude range	41°N to 46°N	46°N to 48°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 47,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 48,000 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté is the departments Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
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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