Hokkaido (Japan) is 1.49× the size of Rio Grande do Norte

What fits

• Rio Grande do Norte is 67% of the size of Hokkaido (Japan).
• Hokkaido (Japan) is larger by 26,000 km² (10,000 mi²), which is 49% of the area of Rio Grande do Norte.
• Measured in Belgiums: Hokkaido (Japan) is about 2.57, Rio Grande do Norte about 1.72.

How they differ

• Hokkaido (Japan) also has the larger population: 5.4 million against 3.3 million, 1.64× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 69 in Hokkaido (Japan) against 63 in Rio Grande do Norte: Hokkaido (Japan) is 1.10× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 15,800 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Hokkaido (Japan) at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Rio Grande do Norte at 6°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Hokkaido (Japan) as 2.79× the size of Rio Grande do Norte instead of 1.49×.
• Together Hokkaido (Japan) and Rio Grande do Norte cover 132,000 km², close to the size of Greece (131,000 km², 0.2% smaller).
• The gap between them, 26,000 km², is about the size of North Macedonia (25,400 km²).
• At Rio Grande do Norte's density, Hokkaido (Japan) would have 4.9 million people (it has 5.4 million). At Hokkaido (Japan)'s density, Rio Grande do Norte would have 3.6 million (it has 3.3 million).
• Hokkaido (Japan)'s centre is 49.2° of latitude, about 5,470 km, farther north than Rio Grande do Norte'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.
• Rio Grande do Norte is the 22nd largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 0.6% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
• Hokkaido (Japan) lies about 49° of latitude (roughly 5,470 km) north of Rio Grande do Norte, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Hokkaido (Japan) would have about 14,500 m² and each person in Rio Grande do Norte about 15,990 m².
• Laid side by side, Hokkaido (Japan) and Rio Grande do Norte would cover 132,000 km², about the same size as Greece.
• Together they have 8.7 million people, about as many people as Papua New Guinea.

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 53,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 52,800 km², to within 2%.

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