Hokkaido (Japan) is 1.21× the size of Nuevo León

Hokkaido (Japan) (prefecture of Japan) covers about 78,800 km² (30,400 mi²) and Nuevo León (state of Mexico) about 65,000 km² (25,100 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

78,800km²Hokkaido (Japan)
65,000km²Nuevo León

100 km

Hokkaido (Japan)
Nuevo León

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

Nuevo León is 82% of the size of Hokkaido (Japan).
Hokkaido (Japan) is larger by 13,800 km² (5,330 mi²), which is 21% of the area of Nuevo León.
Measured in Belgiums: Hokkaido (Japan) is about 2.57, Nuevo León about 2.12.

How they differ

Hokkaido (Japan) also has the larger population: 5.4 million against 5.2 million, 1.05× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 80 in Nuevo León against 69 in Hokkaido (Japan): Nuevo León is 1.16× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,000 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Hokkaido (Japan) at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Nuevo León at 26°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Hokkaido (Japan) as 1.87× the size of Nuevo León instead of 1.21×.
Together Hokkaido (Japan) and Nuevo León cover 144,000 km², close to the size of Suriname (145,000 km², 0.9% bigger).
The gap between them, 13,800 km², is about the size of Montenegro (13,700 km²).
At Nuevo León's density, Hokkaido (Japan) would have 6.3 million people (it has 5.4 million). At Hokkaido (Japan)'s density, Nuevo León would have 4.5 million (it has 5.2 million).
Hokkaido (Japan)'s centre is 17.8° of latitude, about 1,980 km, farther north than Nuevo León'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.
Nuevo León is the 13th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.3% of its area; it is the 14th most densely populated of them.
Hokkaido (Japan) lies about 18° of latitude (roughly 1,980 km) north of Nuevo León.
Shared out evenly, each person in Hokkaido (Japan) would have about 14,500 m² and each person in Nuevo León about 12,520 m².
Laid side by side, Hokkaido (Japan) and Nuevo León would cover 144,000 km², about the same size as Suriname.
Together they have 10.6 million people, about as many people as Sweden.

Side by side

	Hokkaido (Japan)	Nuevo León
Is a	PrefectureJapan	StateMexico
Area, measured	78,800 km²30,400 mi²	65,000 km²25,100 mi²
Official area	83,400 km²Wikidata	64,200 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	1st of 47in Japan	13th of 32in Mexico
Population	5.4 millionWikidata, 2014	5.2 millionWikidata, 2015
Rank by population	8th of 47in Japan	8th of 32in Mexico
Density	69 per km²	80 per km²
Capital	Sapporo	Monterrey
Latitude range	41°N to 46°N	23°N to 28°N

Population: Wikidata 2014 and Wikidata 2015. 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 64,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 65,000 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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