Hokkaido (Japan) is 1.01× the size of Serbia

Hokkaido (Japan) (prefecture of Japan) covers about 78,800 km² (30,400 mi²) and Serbia (Europe) about 77,600 km² (30,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

78,800km²Hokkaido (Japan)
77,600km²Serbia

100 km

Hokkaido (Japan)
Serbia

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

Serbia is 99% of the size of Hokkaido (Japan).
Hokkaido (Japan) is larger by 1,150 km² (445 mi²), which is 1.5% of the area of Serbia.
Measured in Belgiums: Hokkaido (Japan) is about 2.57, Serbia about 2.53.

How they differ

Hokkaido (Japan) is larger, but Serbia has the larger population: 6.6 million against 5.4 million, 1.22× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 85 in Serbia against 69 in Hokkaido (Japan): Serbia is 1.23× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,690 km apart.
On a standard web map Serbia looks larger than Hokkaido (Japan): Hokkaido (Japan) at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Serbia at 44°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Serbia as 1.01× the size of Hokkaido (Japan), when Hokkaido (Japan) is 1.01× the size of Serbia.
Together Hokkaido (Japan) and Serbia cover 156,000 km², close to the size of Tunisia (157,000 km², 0.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 1,150 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
At Serbia's density, Hokkaido (Japan) would have 6.7 million people (it has 5.4 million). At Hokkaido (Japan)'s density, Serbia would have 5.4 million (it has 6.6 million).
Serbia's centre is 0.8° of latitude, about 90 km, farther north than Hokkaido (Japan)'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.
Serbia ranks 118th of 246 countries and territories by area.
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 Serbia about 11,750 m².
Laid side by side, Hokkaido (Japan) and Serbia would cover 156,000 km², about the same size as Tunisia.
Together they have 12.0 million people, about as many people as Bolivia.
Counted as a country, Hokkaido (Japan) would rank 116th by area and 118th by population.

Side by side

	Hokkaido (Japan)	Serbia
Is a	PrefectureJapan	CountryEurope
Area, measured	78,800 km²30,400 mi²	77,600 km²30,000 mi²
Official area	83,400 km²Wikidata	88,500 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	1st of 47in Japan	117th of 239worldwide
Population	5.4 millionWikidata, 2014	6.6 millionWikidata, 2024
Rank by population	8th of 47in Japan	108th of 237worldwide
Density	69 per km²	85 per km²
Capital	Sapporo	Belgrade
Latitude range	41°N to 46°N	42°N to 46°N

Population: Wikidata 2014 and Wikidata 2024. 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.
Our measured 77,600 km² is 12% below Wikidata's official figure of 88,500 km². The official figure includes Kosovo, which Natural Earth draws as a separate place; together they measure 88,500 km².

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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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