Hokkaido (Japan) is 1.42× the size of Himachal Pradesh

Hokkaido (Japan) (prefecture of Japan) covers about 78,800 km² (30,400 mi²) and Himachal Pradesh (state of India) about 55,400 km² (21,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

78,800km²Hokkaido (Japan)
55,400km²Himachal Pradesh

100 km

Hokkaido (Japan)
Himachal Pradesh

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

Himachal Pradesh is 70% of the size of Hokkaido (Japan).
Hokkaido (Japan) is larger by 23,400 km² (9,030 mi²), which is 42% of the area of Himachal Pradesh.
Measured in Belgiums: Hokkaido (Japan) is about 2.57, Himachal Pradesh about 1.81.

How they differ

Hokkaido (Japan) is larger, but Himachal Pradesh has the larger population: 6.9 million against 5.4 million, 1.26× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 124 in Himachal Pradesh against 69 in Hokkaido (Japan): Himachal Pradesh is 1.80× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 5,740 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Hokkaido (Japan) at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Himachal Pradesh at 32°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Hokkaido (Japan) as 1.94× the size of Himachal Pradesh instead of 1.42×.
Together Hokkaido (Japan) and Himachal Pradesh cover 134,000 km², close to the size of Bangladesh (137,000 km², 2.0% bigger).
The gap between them, 23,400 km², is about the size of Belize (22,300 km²).
At Himachal Pradesh's density, Hokkaido (Japan) would have 9.8 million people (it has 5.4 million). At Hokkaido (Japan)'s density, Himachal Pradesh would have 3.8 million (it has 6.9 million).
Hokkaido (Japan)'s centre is 11.4° of latitude, about 1,270 km, farther north than Himachal Pradesh'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.
Himachal Pradesh is the 18th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 1.8% of its area; it is the 30th most densely populated of them.
Hokkaido (Japan) lies about 11° of latitude (roughly 1,270 km) north of Himachal Pradesh.
Shared out evenly, each person in Hokkaido (Japan) would have about 14,500 m² and each person in Himachal Pradesh about 8,070 m².
Laid side by side, Hokkaido (Japan) and Himachal Pradesh would cover 134,000 km², about the same size as Bangladesh.
Together they have 12.3 million people, about as many people as Bolivia.

Side by side

	Hokkaido (Japan)	Himachal Pradesh
Is a	PrefectureJapan	StateIndia
Area, measured	78,800 km²30,400 mi²	55,400 km²21,400 mi²
Official area	83,400 km²Wikidata	55,800 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	1st of 47in Japan	18th of 36in India
Population	5.4 millionWikidata, 2014	6.9 millionWikidata, 2011
Rank by population	8th of 47in Japan	22nd of 36in India
Density	69 per km²	124 per km²
Capital	Sapporo	Shimla
Latitude range	41°N to 46°N	30°N to 33°N

Population: Wikidata 2014 and Wikidata 2011. 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 55,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 55,400 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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