Hokkaido (Japan) is 1.66× the size of Lower Saxony

What fits

• Lower Saxony is 60% of the size of Hokkaido (Japan).
• Hokkaido (Japan) is larger by 31,200 km² (12,000 mi²), which is 66% of the area of Lower Saxony.
• Measured in Belgiums: Hokkaido (Japan) is about 2.57, Lower Saxony about 1.55.

How they differ

• Hokkaido (Japan) is larger, but Lower Saxony has the larger population: 7.9 million against 5.4 million, 1.46× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 167 in Lower Saxony against 69 in Hokkaido (Japan): Lower Saxony is 2.42× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 8,430 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Hokkaido (Japan) at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Lower Saxony at 53°N about 2.7×, so the map shows Hokkaido (Japan) as 1.15× the size of Lower Saxony instead of 1.66×.
• Together Hokkaido (Japan) and Lower Saxony cover 126,000 km², close to the size of Nicaragua (129,000 km², 1.8% bigger).
• The gap between them, 31,200 km², is about the size of Belgium (30,700 km²).
• At Lower Saxony's density, Hokkaido (Japan) would have 13.1 million people (it has 5.4 million). At Hokkaido (Japan)'s density, Lower Saxony would have 3.3 million (it has 7.9 million).
• Lower Saxony's centre is 9.4° of latitude, about 1,040 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.
• Lower Saxony is the 2nd largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 13% of its area; it is the 12th most densely populated of them.
• Lower Saxony lies about 9° of latitude (roughly 1,040 km) north of Hokkaido (Japan).
• Shared out evenly, each person in Hokkaido (Japan) would have about 14,500 m² and each person in Lower Saxony about 5,990 m².
• Laid side by side, Hokkaido (Japan) and Lower Saxony would cover 126,000 km², about the same size as Nicaragua.
• Together they have 13.4 million people, about as many people as Burundi.

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 47,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 47,600 km², to within 2%.

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