Hokkaido (Japan) is 1.85× the size of Jammu and Kashmir

Hokkaido (Japan) (prefecture of Japan) covers about 78,800 km² (30,400 mi²) and Jammu and Kashmir (union territory of India) about 42,600 km² (16,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

78,800km²Hokkaido (Japan)
42,600km²Jammu and Kashmir

100 km

Hokkaido (Japan)
Jammu and Kashmir

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.

Jammu and Kashmir: Part of this region's boundary is disputed with Pakistan. 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

Jammu and Kashmir is 54% of the size of Hokkaido (Japan).
Hokkaido (Japan) is larger by 36,200 km² (14,000 mi²), which is 85% of the area of Jammu and Kashmir.
Measured in Belgiums: Hokkaido (Japan) is about 2.57, Jammu and Kashmir about 1.39.

How they differ

Hokkaido (Japan) is larger, but Jammu and Kashmir has the larger population: 12.3 million against 5.4 million, 2.26× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 288 in Jammu and Kashmir against 69 in Hokkaido (Japan): Jammu and Kashmir is 4.18× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 5,810 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Hokkaido (Japan) at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Jammu and Kashmir at 34°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Hokkaido (Japan) as 2.43× the size of Jammu and Kashmir instead of 1.85×.
Together Hokkaido (Japan) and Jammu and Kashmir cover 121,000 km², close to the size of North Korea (122,000 km², 0.9% bigger).
The gap between them, 36,200 km², is about the size of Taiwan (36,200 km²).
At Jammu and Kashmir's density, Hokkaido (Japan) would have 22.7 million people (it has 5.4 million). At Hokkaido (Japan)'s density, Jammu and Kashmir would have 2.9 million (it has 12.3 million).
Hokkaido (Japan)'s centre is 9.8° of latitude, about 1,090 km, farther north than Jammu and Kashmir'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.
Jammu and Kashmir is the 22nd largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 1.4% of its area; it is the 22nd most densely populated of them.
Hokkaido (Japan) lies about 10° of latitude (roughly 1,090 km) north of Jammu and Kashmir.
Shared out evenly, each person in Hokkaido (Japan) would have about 14,500 m² and each person in Jammu and Kashmir about 3,470 m².
Laid side by side, Hokkaido (Japan) and Jammu and Kashmir would cover 121,000 km², about the same size as North Korea.
Together they have 17.7 million people, about as many people as Malawi.

Side by side

	Hokkaido (Japan)	Jammu and Kashmir
Is a	PrefectureJapan	Union TerritoryIndia
Area, measured	78,800 km²30,400 mi²	42,600 km²16,400 mi²
Official area	83,400 km²Wikidata	42,200 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	1st of 47in Japan	22nd of 36in India
Population	5.4 millionWikidata, 2014	12.3 millionWikidata, 2011
Rank by population	8th of 47in Japan	20th of 36in India
Density	69 per km²	288 per km²
Capital	Sapporo	Srinagar; Jammu
Latitude range	41°N to 46°N	32°N to 35°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 42,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 42,600 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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