Hokkaido (Japan) is 1.80× the size of Quintana Roo

Hokkaido (Japan) (prefecture of Japan) covers about 78,800 km² (30,400 mi²) and Quintana Roo (state of Mexico) about 43,900 km² (16,900 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

78,800km²Hokkaido (Japan)
43,900km²Quintana Roo

100 km

Hokkaido (Japan)
Quintana Roo

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

Quintana Roo is 56% of the size of Hokkaido (Japan).
Hokkaido (Japan) is larger by 34,900 km² (13,500 mi²), which is 80% of the area of Quintana Roo.
Measured in Belgiums: Hokkaido (Japan) is about 2.57, Quintana Roo about 1.43.

How they differ

Hokkaido (Japan) also has the larger population: 5.4 million against 1.9 million, 2.92× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 69 in Hokkaido (Japan) against 42 in Quintana Roo: Hokkaido (Japan) is 1.63× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 11,300 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Hokkaido (Japan) at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Quintana Roo at 20°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Hokkaido (Japan) as 3.01× the size of Quintana Roo instead of 1.80×.
Together Hokkaido (Japan) and Quintana Roo cover 123,000 km², close to the size of Eritrea (123,000 km², 0.1% smaller).
The gap between them, 34,900 km², is about the size of Taiwan (36,200 km²).
At Quintana Roo's density, Hokkaido (Japan) would have 3.3 million people (it has 5.4 million). At Hokkaido (Japan)'s density, Quintana Roo would have 3.0 million (it has 1.9 million).
Hokkaido (Japan)'s centre is 23.7° of latitude, about 2,640 km, farther north than Quintana Roo'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.
Quintana Roo is the 19th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 2.2% of its area; it is the 24th most densely populated of them.
Hokkaido (Japan) lies about 24° of latitude (roughly 2,640 km) north of Quintana Roo.
Shared out evenly, each person in Hokkaido (Japan) would have about 14,500 m² and each person in Quintana Roo about 23,610 m².
Laid side by side, Hokkaido (Japan) and Quintana Roo would cover 123,000 km², about the same size as Eritrea.
Together they have 7.3 million people, about as many people as Kyrgyzstan.

Side by side

	Hokkaido (Japan)	Quintana Roo
Is a	PrefectureJapan	StateMexico
Area, measured	78,800 km²30,400 mi²	43,900 km²16,900 mi²
Official area	83,400 km²Wikidata	44,700 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	1st of 47in Japan	19th of 32in Mexico
Population	5.4 millionWikidata, 2014	1.9 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	8th of 47in Japan	24th of 32in Mexico
Density	69 per km²	42 per km²
Capital	Sapporo	Chetumal
Latitude range	41°N to 46°N	18°N to 22°N

Population: Wikidata 2014 and Wikidata 2020. 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 44,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 43,900 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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