Hokkaido (Japan) is 1.50× the size of Uttarakhand

Hokkaido (Japan) (prefecture of Japan) covers about 78,800 km² (30,400 mi²) and Uttarakhand (state of India) about 52,600 km² (20,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

78,800km²Hokkaido (Japan)
52,600km²Uttarakhand

100 km

Hokkaido (Japan)
Uttarakhand

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.

Uttarakhand: Part of this region's boundary is disputed with Nepal. 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

Uttarakhand is 67% of the size of Hokkaido (Japan).
Hokkaido (Japan) is larger by 26,100 km² (10,100 mi²), which is 50% of the area of Uttarakhand.
Measured in Belgiums: Hokkaido (Japan) is about 2.57, Uttarakhand about 1.72.

How they differ

Hokkaido (Japan) is larger, but Uttarakhand has the larger population: 10.1 million against 5.4 million, 1.86× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 192 in Uttarakhand against 69 in Hokkaido (Japan): Uttarakhand is 2.78× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 5,690 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Hokkaido (Japan) at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Uttarakhand at 30°N about 1.3×, so the map shows Hokkaido (Japan) as 2.12× the size of Uttarakhand instead of 1.50×.
Together Hokkaido (Japan) and Uttarakhand cover 131,000 km², close to the size of Greece (131,000 km², 0.1% smaller).
The gap between them, 26,100 km², is about the size of Equatorial Guinea (26,700 km²).
At Uttarakhand's density, Hokkaido (Japan) would have 15.1 million people (it has 5.4 million). At Hokkaido (Japan)'s density, Uttarakhand would have 3.6 million (it has 10.1 million).
Hokkaido (Japan)'s centre is 13.2° of latitude, about 1,470 km, farther north than Uttarakhand'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.
Uttarakhand is the 19th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 1.7% of its area; it is the 27th most densely populated of them.
Hokkaido (Japan) lies about 13° of latitude (roughly 1,470 km) north of Uttarakhand.
Shared out evenly, each person in Hokkaido (Japan) would have about 14,500 m² and each person in Uttarakhand about 5,220 m².
Laid side by side, Hokkaido (Japan) and Uttarakhand would cover 131,000 km², about the same size as Greece.
Together they have 15.5 million people, about as many people as Zimbabwe.

Side by side

	Hokkaido (Japan)	Uttarakhand
Is a	PrefectureJapan	StateIndia
Area, measured	78,800 km²30,400 mi²	52,600 km²20,300 mi²
Official area	83,400 km²Wikidata	53,600 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	1st of 47in Japan	19th of 36in India
Population	5.4 millionWikidata, 2014	10.1 millionWikidata, 2011
Rank by population	8th of 47in Japan	21st of 36in India
Density	69 per km²	192 per km²
Capital	Sapporo	Gairsain; Dehradun
Latitude range	41°N to 46°N	29°N to 31°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 53,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 52,600 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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