Hokkaido (Japan) is 1.07× the size of Chiapas

Hokkaido (Japan) (prefecture of Japan) covers about 78,800 km² (30,400 mi²) and Chiapas (state of Mexico) about 73,400 km² (28,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

78,800km²Hokkaido (Japan)
73,400km²Chiapas

100 km

Hokkaido (Japan)
Chiapas

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

Chiapas is 93% of the size of Hokkaido (Japan).
Hokkaido (Japan) is larger by 5,400 km² (2,080 mi²), which is 7.4% of the area of Chiapas.
Measured in Belgiums: Hokkaido (Japan) is about 2.57, Chiapas about 2.39.

How they differ

Hokkaido (Japan) also has the larger population: 5.4 million against 5.2 million, 1.04× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 71 in Chiapas against 69 in Hokkaido (Japan): Chiapas is 1.03× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 11,300 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Hokkaido (Japan) at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Chiapas at 16°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Hokkaido (Japan) as 1.87× the size of Chiapas instead of 1.07×.
Together Hokkaido (Japan) and Chiapas cover 152,000 km², close to the size of Tunisia (157,000 km², 2.9% bigger).
The gap between them, 5,400 km², is about the size of Cyprus (5,400 km²).
At Chiapas's density, Hokkaido (Japan) would have 5.6 million people (it has 5.4 million). At Hokkaido (Japan)'s density, Chiapas would have 5.1 million (it has 5.2 million).
Hokkaido (Japan)'s centre is 26.9° of latitude, about 2,990 km, farther north than Chiapas'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.
Chiapas is the 9th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.7% of its area; it is the 16th most densely populated of them.
Hokkaido (Japan) lies about 27° of latitude (roughly 2,990 km) north of Chiapas.
Shared out evenly, each person in Hokkaido (Japan) would have about 14,500 m² and each person in Chiapas about 14,060 m².
Laid side by side, Hokkaido (Japan) and Chiapas would cover 152,000 km², about the same size as Tunisia.
Together they have 10.7 million people, about as many people as Sweden.

Side by side

	Hokkaido (Japan)	Chiapas
Is a	PrefectureJapan	StateMexico
Area, measured	78,800 km²30,400 mi²	73,400 km²28,300 mi²
Official area	83,400 km²Wikidata	73,300 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	1st of 47in Japan	9th of 32in Mexico
Population	5.4 millionWikidata, 2014	5.2 millionWikidata, 2015
Rank by population	8th of 47in Japan	7th of 32in Mexico
Density	69 per km²	71 per km²
Capital	Sapporo	Tuxtla Gutiérrez
Latitude range	41°N to 46°N	15°N to 18°N

Population: Wikidata 2014 and Wikidata 2015. 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 73,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 73,400 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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