Hokkaido (Japan) is 1.05× the size of Zacatecas

Hokkaido (Japan) (prefecture of Japan) covers about 78,800 km² (30,400 mi²) and Zacatecas (state of Mexico) about 74,700 km² (28,900 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

78,800km²Hokkaido (Japan)
74,700km²Zacatecas

100 km

Hokkaido (Japan)
Zacatecas

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

Zacatecas is 95% of the size of Hokkaido (Japan).
Hokkaido (Japan) is larger by 4,060 km² (1,570 mi²), which is 5.4% of the area of Zacatecas.
Measured in Belgiums: Hokkaido (Japan) is about 2.57, Zacatecas about 2.44.

How they differ

Hokkaido (Japan) also has the larger population: 5.4 million against 1.7 million, 3.21× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 69 in Hokkaido (Japan) against 23 in Zacatecas: Hokkaido (Japan) is 3.05× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,100 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Hokkaido (Japan) at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Zacatecas at 23°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Hokkaido (Japan) as 1.68× the size of Zacatecas instead of 1.05×.
Together Hokkaido (Japan) and Zacatecas cover 154,000 km², close to the size of Tunisia (157,000 km², 2.0% bigger).
The gap between them, 4,060 km², is about the size of Cape Verde (3,930 km²).
At Zacatecas's density, Hokkaido (Japan) would have 1.8 million people (it has 5.4 million). At Hokkaido (Japan)'s density, Zacatecas would have 5.2 million (it has 1.7 million).
Hokkaido (Japan)'s centre is 20.1° of latitude, about 2,230 km, farther north than Zacatecas'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.
Zacatecas is the 8th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.8% of its area; it is the 26th most densely populated of them.
Hokkaido (Japan) lies about 20° of latitude (roughly 2,230 km) north of Zacatecas.
Shared out evenly, each person in Hokkaido (Japan) would have about 14,500 m² and each person in Zacatecas about 44,190 m².
Laid side by side, Hokkaido (Japan) and Zacatecas would cover 154,000 km², about the same size as Tunisia.
Together they have 7.1 million people, about as many people as Kyrgyzstan.

Side by side

	Hokkaido (Japan)	Zacatecas
Is a	PrefectureJapan	StateMexico
Area, measured	78,800 km²30,400 mi²	74,700 km²28,900 mi²
Official area	83,400 km²Wikidata	75,500 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	1st of 47in Japan	8th of 32in Mexico
Population	5.4 millionWikidata, 2014	1.7 millionWikidata, 2015
Rank by population	8th of 47in Japan	26th of 32in Mexico
Density	69 per km²	23 per km²
Capital	Sapporo	Zacatecas
Latitude range	41°N to 46°N	21°N to 25°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 75,500 km² agrees with our measured area of 74,700 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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