Hokkaido (Japan) is 1.37× the size of Sinaloa

Hokkaido (Japan) (prefecture of Japan) covers about 78,800 km² (30,400 mi²) and Sinaloa (state of Mexico) about 57,700 km² (22,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

78,800km²Hokkaido (Japan)
57,700km²Sinaloa

100 km

Hokkaido (Japan)
Sinaloa

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

Sinaloa is 73% of the size of Hokkaido (Japan).
Hokkaido (Japan) is larger by 21,100 km² (8,130 mi²), which is 37% of the area of Sinaloa.
Measured in Belgiums: Hokkaido (Japan) is about 2.57, Sinaloa about 1.88.

How they differ

Hokkaido (Japan) also has the larger population: 5.4 million against 3.0 million, 1.83× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 69 in Hokkaido (Japan) against 51 in Sinaloa: Hokkaido (Japan) is 1.34× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,590 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Hokkaido (Japan) at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Sinaloa at 25°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Hokkaido (Japan) as 2.12× the size of Sinaloa instead of 1.37×.
Together Hokkaido (Japan) and Sinaloa cover 136,000 km², close to the size of Bangladesh (137,000 km², 0.3% bigger).
The gap between them, 21,100 km², is about the size of El Salvador (20,500 km²).
At Sinaloa's density, Hokkaido (Japan) would have 4.0 million people (it has 5.4 million). At Hokkaido (Japan)'s density, Sinaloa would have 4.0 million (it has 3.0 million).
Hokkaido (Japan)'s centre is 18.4° of latitude, about 2,040 km, farther north than Sinaloa'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.
Sinaloa is the 17th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 2.9% of its area; it is the 19th most densely populated of them.
Hokkaido (Japan) lies about 18° of latitude (roughly 2,040 km) north of Sinaloa.
Shared out evenly, each person in Hokkaido (Japan) would have about 14,500 m² and each person in Sinaloa about 19,450 m².
Laid side by side, Hokkaido (Japan) and Sinaloa would cover 136,000 km², about the same size as Bangladesh.
Together they have 8.4 million people, about as many people as Honduras.

Side by side

	Hokkaido (Japan)	Sinaloa
Is a	PrefectureJapan	StateMexico
Area, measured	78,800 km²30,400 mi²	57,700 km²22,300 mi²
Official area	83,400 km²Wikidata	57,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	1st of 47in Japan	17th of 32in Mexico
Population	5.4 millionWikidata, 2014	3.0 millionWikidata, 2015
Rank by population	8th of 47in Japan	15th of 32in Mexico
Density	69 per km²	51 per km²
Capital	Sapporo	Culiacán
Latitude range	41°N to 46°N	22°N to 27°N

Population: Wikidata 2014 and Wikidata 2015. 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 57,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 57,700 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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