Hokkaido (Japan) is 1.37× the size of Grand Est

Hokkaido (Japan) (prefecture of Japan) covers about 78,800 km² (30,400 mi²) and Grand Est (region of France) about 57,400 km² (22,200 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

78,800km²Hokkaido (Japan)
57,400km²Grand Est

100 km

Hokkaido (Japan)
Grand Est

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

Grand Est is 73% of the size of Hokkaido (Japan).
Hokkaido (Japan) is larger by 21,400 km² (8,260 mi²), which is 37% of the area of Grand Est.
Measured in Belgiums: Hokkaido (Japan) is about 2.57, Grand Est about 1.87.

How they differ

Hokkaido (Japan) is larger, but Grand Est has the larger population: 5.6 million against 5.4 million, 1.02× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 97 in Grand Est against 69 in Hokkaido (Japan): Grand Est is 1.41× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,950 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Hokkaido (Japan) at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Grand Est at 49°N about 2.3×, so the map shows Hokkaido (Japan) as 1.13× the size of Grand Est instead of 1.37×.
Together Hokkaido (Japan) and Grand Est cover 136,000 km², close to the size of Bangladesh (137,000 km², 0.5% bigger).
The gap between them, 21,400 km², is about the size of Djibouti (21,800 km²).
At Grand Est's density, Hokkaido (Japan) would have 7.6 million people (it has 5.4 million). At Hokkaido (Japan)'s density, Grand Est would have 4.0 million (it has 5.6 million).
Grand Est's centre is 5.3° of latitude, about 590 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.
Grand Est is the 5th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 9.0% of its area; it is the 12th most densely populated of them.
Grand Est lies about 5° of latitude (roughly 590 km) north of Hokkaido (Japan).
Shared out evenly, each person in Hokkaido (Japan) would have about 14,500 m² and each person in Grand Est about 10,320 m².
Laid side by side, Hokkaido (Japan) and Grand Est would cover 136,000 km², about the same size as Bangladesh.
Together they have 11.0 million people, about as many people as Cuba.

Side by side

	Hokkaido (Japan)	Grand Est
Is a	PrefectureJapan	RegionFrance
Area, measured	78,800 km²30,400 mi²	57,400 km²22,200 mi²
Official area	83,400 km²Wikidata	57,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	1st of 47in Japan	5th of 18in France
Population	5.4 millionWikidata, 2014	5.6 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	8th of 47in Japan	6th of 18in France
Density	69 per km²	97 per km²
Capital	Sapporo	Strasbourg
Latitude range	41°N to 46°N	47°N to 50°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 57,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 57,400 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 Grand Est 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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