Hokkaido (Japan) is 1.38× the size of Campeche

Hokkaido (Japan) (prefecture of Japan) covers about 78,800 km² (30,400 mi²) and Campeche (state of Mexico) about 57,100 km² (22,100 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

78,800km²Hokkaido (Japan)
57,100km²Campeche

100 km

Hokkaido (Japan)
Campeche

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

Campeche is 73% of the size of Hokkaido (Japan).
Hokkaido (Japan) is larger by 21,600 km² (8,360 mi²), which is 38% of the area of Campeche.
Measured in Belgiums: Hokkaido (Japan) is about 2.57, Campeche about 1.86.

How they differ

Hokkaido (Japan) also has the larger population: 5.4 million against 928,000, 5.85× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 69 in Hokkaido (Japan) against 16 in Campeche: Hokkaido (Japan) is 4.24× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 11,200 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Hokkaido (Japan) at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Campeche at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Hokkaido (Japan) as 2.34× the size of Campeche instead of 1.38×.
Together Hokkaido (Japan) and Campeche cover 136,000 km², close to the size of Bangladesh (137,000 km², 0.7% bigger).
The gap between them, 21,600 km², is about the size of Djibouti (21,800 km²).
At Campeche's density, Hokkaido (Japan) would have 1.3 million people (it has 5.4 million). At Hokkaido (Japan)'s density, Campeche would have 3.9 million (it has 928,000).
Hokkaido (Japan)'s centre is 24.5° of latitude, about 2,730 km, farther north than Campeche'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.
Campeche is the 18th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 2.9% of its area; it is the 28th most densely populated of them.
Hokkaido (Japan) lies about 25° of latitude (roughly 2,730 km) north of Campeche.
Shared out evenly, each person in Hokkaido (Japan) would have about 14,500 m² and each person in Campeche about 61,550 m².
Laid side by side, Hokkaido (Japan) and Campeche would cover 136,000 km², about the same size as Bangladesh.
Together they have 6.4 million people, about as many people as Bulgaria.

Side by side

	Hokkaido (Japan)	Campeche
Is a	PrefectureJapan	StateMexico
Area, measured	78,800 km²30,400 mi²	57,100 km²22,100 mi²
Official area	83,400 km²Wikidata	57,500 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	1st of 47in Japan	18th of 32in Mexico
Population	5.4 millionWikidata, 2014	928,000Wikidata, 2020
Rank by population	8th of 47in Japan	30th of 32in Mexico
Density	69 per km²	16 per km²
Capital	Sapporo	San Francisco de Campeche
Latitude range	41°N to 46°N	18°N to 21°N

Population: Wikidata 2014 and Wikidata 2020. 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 57,500 km² agrees with our measured area of 57,100 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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