Hokkaido (Japan) is 1.11× the size of Veracruz

Hokkaido (Japan) (prefecture of Japan) covers about 78,800 km² (30,400 mi²) and Veracruz (state of Mexico) about 71,000 km² (27,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

78,800km²Hokkaido (Japan)
71,000km²Veracruz

100 km

Hokkaido (Japan)
Veracruz

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

Veracruz is 90% of the size of Hokkaido (Japan).
Hokkaido (Japan) is larger by 7,820 km² (3,020 mi²), which is 11% of the area of Veracruz.
Measured in Belgiums: Hokkaido (Japan) is about 2.57, Veracruz about 2.31.

How they differ

Hokkaido (Japan) is larger, but Veracruz has the larger population: 8.1 million against 5.4 million, 1.49× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 114 in Veracruz against 69 in Hokkaido (Japan): Veracruz is 1.66× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,800 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Hokkaido (Japan) at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Veracruz at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Hokkaido (Japan) as 1.87× the size of Veracruz instead of 1.11×.
Together Hokkaido (Japan) and Veracruz cover 150,000 km², close to the size of Nepal (147,000 km², 1.8% smaller).
The gap between them, 7,820 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
At Veracruz's density, Hokkaido (Japan) would have 9.0 million people (it has 5.4 million). At Hokkaido (Japan)'s density, Veracruz would have 4.9 million (it has 8.1 million).
Hokkaido (Japan)'s centre is 24.0° of latitude, about 2,670 km, farther north than Veracruz'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.
Veracruz is the 12th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.6% of its area; it is the 11th most densely populated of them.
Hokkaido (Japan) lies about 24° of latitude (roughly 2,670 km) north of Veracruz.
Shared out evenly, each person in Hokkaido (Japan) would have about 14,500 m² and each person in Veracruz about 8,750 m².
Laid side by side, Hokkaido (Japan) and Veracruz would cover 150,000 km², about the same size as Nepal.
Together they have 13.5 million people, about as many people as Burundi.

Side by side

	Hokkaido (Japan)	Veracruz
Is a	PrefectureJapan	StateMexico
Area, measured	78,800 km²30,400 mi²	71,000 km²27,400 mi²
Official area	83,400 km²Wikidata	71,800 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	1st of 47in Japan	12th of 32in Mexico
Population	5.4 millionWikidata, 2014	8.1 millionWikidata, 2015
Rank by population	8th of 47in Japan	3rd of 32in Mexico
Density	69 per km²	114 per km²
Capital	Sapporo	Xalapa
Latitude range	41°N to 46°N	17°N to 22°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 71,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 71,000 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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