Hokkaido (Japan) is 1.56× the size of Punjab

Hokkaido (Japan) (prefecture of Japan) covers about 78,800 km² (30,400 mi²) and Punjab (state of India) about 50,400 km² (19,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

78,800km²Hokkaido (Japan)
50,400km²Punjab

100 km

Hokkaido (Japan)
Punjab

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

Punjab is 64% of the size of Hokkaido (Japan).
Hokkaido (Japan) is larger by 28,400 km² (11,000 mi²), which is 56% of the area of Punjab.
Measured in Belgiums: Hokkaido (Japan) is about 2.57, Punjab about 1.64.

How they differ

Hokkaido (Japan) is larger, but Punjab has the larger population: 27.7 million against 5.4 million, 5.11× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 551 in Punjab against 69 in Hokkaido (Japan): Punjab is 7.99× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 5,950 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Hokkaido (Japan) at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Punjab at 31°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Hokkaido (Japan) as 2.18× the size of Punjab instead of 1.56×.
Together Hokkaido (Japan) and Punjab cover 129,000 km², close to the size of Nicaragua (129,000 km², 0.4% smaller).
The gap between them, 28,400 km², is about the size of Albania (28,300 km²).
At Punjab's density, Hokkaido (Japan) would have 43.4 million people (it has 5.4 million). At Hokkaido (Japan)'s density, Punjab would have 3.5 million (it has 27.7 million).
Hokkaido (Japan)'s centre is 12.5° of latitude, about 1,390 km, farther north than Punjab'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.
Punjab is the 20th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 1.6% of its area; it is the 12th most densely populated of them.
Hokkaido (Japan) lies about 13° of latitude (roughly 1,390 km) north of Punjab.
Shared out evenly, each person in Hokkaido (Japan) would have about 14,500 m² and each person in Punjab about 1,820 m².
Laid side by side, Hokkaido (Japan) and Punjab would cover 129,000 km², about the same size as Nicaragua.
Together they have 33.2 million people, about as many people as Saudi Arabia.

Side by side

	Hokkaido (Japan)	Punjab
Is a	PrefectureJapan	StateIndia
Area, measured	78,800 km²30,400 mi²	50,400 km²19,500 mi²
Official area	83,400 km²Wikidata	50,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	1st of 47in Japan	20th of 36in India
Population	5.4 millionWikidata, 2014	27.7 millionWikidata, 2011
Rank by population	8th of 47in Japan	17th of 36in India
Density	69 per km²	551 per km²
Capital	Sapporo	Chandigarh
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 50,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 50,400 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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