Hokkaido (Japan) is 1.07× the size of Occitania

Hokkaido (Japan) (prefecture of Japan) covers about 78,800 km² (30,400 mi²) and Occitania (region of France) about 73,500 km² (28,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

78,800km²Hokkaido (Japan)
73,500km²Occitania

100 km

Hokkaido (Japan)
Occitania

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

Occitania is 93% of the size of Hokkaido (Japan).
Hokkaido (Japan) is larger by 5,290 km² (2,040 mi²), which is 7.2% of the area of Occitania.
Measured in Belgiums: Hokkaido (Japan) is about 2.57, Occitania about 2.40.

How they differ

Hokkaido (Japan) is larger, but Occitania has the larger population: 6.1 million against 5.4 million, 1.12× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 83 in Occitania against 69 in Hokkaido (Japan): Occitania is 1.20× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,560 km apart.
Together Hokkaido (Japan) and Occitania cover 152,000 km², close to the size of Tunisia (157,000 km², 2.8% bigger).
The gap between them, 5,290 km², is about the size of Cyprus (5,400 km²).
At Occitania's density, Hokkaido (Japan) would have 6.5 million people (it has 5.4 million). At Hokkaido (Japan)'s density, Occitania would have 5.1 million (it has 6.1 million).
Their centres lie at almost the same latitude.
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.
Occitania is the 3rd largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 12% of its area; it is the 13th most densely populated of them.
Both lie at about the same latitude, 43°N and 44°N.
Shared out evenly, each person in Hokkaido (Japan) would have about 14,500 m² and each person in Occitania about 12,090 m².
Laid side by side, Hokkaido (Japan) and Occitania would cover 152,000 km², about the same size as Tunisia.
Together they have 11.5 million people, about as many people as Tunisia.

Side by side

	Hokkaido (Japan)	Occitania
Is a	PrefectureJapan	RegionFrance
Area, measured	78,800 km²30,400 mi²	73,500 km²28,400 mi²
Official area	83,400 km²Wikidata	72,700 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	1st of 47in Japan	3rd of 18in France
Population	5.4 millionWikidata, 2014	6.1 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	8th of 47in Japan	4th of 18in France
Density	69 per km²	83 per km²
Capital	Sapporo	Toulouse
Latitude range	41°N to 46°N	42°N to 45°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 72,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 73,500 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 Occitania 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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