Hokkaido (Japan) is 1.72× the size of Espírito Santo

What fits

• Espírito Santo is 58% of the size of Hokkaido (Japan).
• Hokkaido (Japan) is larger by 33,000 km² (12,700 mi²), which is 72% of the area of Espírito Santo.
• Measured in Belgiums: Hokkaido (Japan) is about 2.57, Espírito Santo about 1.49.

How they differ

• Hokkaido (Japan) also has the larger population: 5.4 million against 3.8 million, 1.42× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 84 in Espírito Santo against 69 in Hokkaido (Japan): Espírito Santo is 1.21× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 17,300 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Hokkaido (Japan) at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Espírito Santo at 20°S about 1.1×, so the map shows Hokkaido (Japan) as 2.89× the size of Espírito Santo instead of 1.72×.
• Together Hokkaido (Japan) and Espírito Santo cover 125,000 km², close to the size of Eritrea (123,000 km², 1.6% smaller).
• The gap between them, 33,000 km², is about the size of Guinea-Bissau (32,800 km²).
• At Espírito Santo's density, Hokkaido (Japan) would have 6.6 million people (it has 5.4 million). At Hokkaido (Japan)'s density, Espírito Santo would have 3.2 million (it has 3.8 million).
• Hokkaido (Japan)'s centre is 62.9° of latitude, about 7,000 km, farther north than Espírito Santo'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.
• Espírito Santo is the 23rd largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 0.5% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
• Hokkaido (Japan) lies about 63° of latitude (roughly 7,000 km) north of Espírito Santo, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Hokkaido (Japan) would have about 14,500 m² and each person in Espírito Santo about 11,950 m².
• Laid side by side, Hokkaido (Japan) and Espírito Santo would cover 125,000 km², about the same size as Eritrea.
• Together they have 9.3 million people, about as many people as Switzerland.

Side by side

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 46,100 km² agrees with our measured area of 45,800 km², to within 2%.

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