Jalisco is 1.02× the size of Hokkaido (Japan)

Jalisco (state of Mexico) covers about 80,000 km² (30,900 mi²) and Hokkaido (Japan) (prefecture of Japan) about 78,800 km² (30,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

80,000km²Jalisco
78,800km²Hokkaido (Japan)

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Jalisco
Hokkaido (Japan)

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

Hokkaido (Japan) is 98% of the size of Jalisco.
Jalisco is larger by 1,220 km² (470 mi²), which is 1.5% of the area of Hokkaido (Japan).
Measured in Belgiums: Jalisco is about 2.61, Hokkaido (Japan) about 2.57.

How they differ

Jalisco also has the larger population: 7.8 million against 5.4 million, 1.44× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 98 in Jalisco against 69 in Hokkaido (Japan): Jalisco is 1.42× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,200 km apart.
On a standard web map Hokkaido (Japan) looks larger than Jalisco: Jalisco at 21°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Hokkaido (Japan) at 43°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Hokkaido (Japan) as 1.63× the size of Jalisco, when Jalisco is 1.02× the size of Hokkaido (Japan).
Together Jalisco and Hokkaido (Japan) cover 159,000 km², close to the size of Tunisia (157,000 km², 1.4% smaller).
The gap between them, 1,220 km², is about the size of São Tomé and Príncipe (1,040 km²).
At Hokkaido (Japan)'s density, Jalisco would have 5.5 million people (it has 7.8 million). At Jalisco's density, Hokkaido (Japan) would have 7.7 million (it has 5.4 million).
Hokkaido (Japan)'s centre is 22.8° of latitude, about 2,530 km, farther north than Jalisco's.
Jalisco is the 6th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 4.1% of its area; it is the 13th most densely populated of them.
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.
Hokkaido (Japan) lies about 23° of latitude (roughly 2,530 km) north of Jalisco.
Shared out evenly, each person in Jalisco would have about 10,200 m² and each person in Hokkaido (Japan) about 14,500 m².
Laid side by side, Jalisco and Hokkaido (Japan) would cover 159,000 km², about the same size as Tunisia.
Together they have 13.3 million people, 97% as many people as Burundi.

Side by side

	Jalisco	Hokkaido (Japan)
Is a	StateMexico	PrefectureJapan
Area, measured	80,000 km²30,900 mi²	78,800 km²30,400 mi²
Official area	78,600 km²Wikidata	83,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	6th of 32in Mexico	1st of 47in Japan
Population	7.8 millionWikidata, 2015	5.4 millionWikidata, 2014
Rank by population	4th of 32in Mexico	8th of 47in Japan
Density	98 per km²	69 per km²
Capital	Guadalajara	Sapporo
Latitude range	19°N to 23°N	41°N to 46°N

Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2014. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 78,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 80,000 km², to within 2%.
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.

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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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