Maine is 1.07× the size of Hokkaido (Japan)

Maine (state of the United States) covers about 84,300 km² (32,500 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.

84,300km²Maine
78,800km²Hokkaido (Japan)

100 km

Maine
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 94% of the size of Maine.
Maine is larger by 5,480 km² (2,110 mi²), which is 7.0% of the area of Hokkaido (Japan).
Measured in Belgiums: Maine is about 2.75, Hokkaido (Japan) about 2.57.

How they differ

Maine is larger, but Hokkaido (Japan) has the larger population: 5.4 million against 1.4 million, 3.99× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 69 in Hokkaido (Japan) against 16 in Maine: Hokkaido (Japan) is 4.26× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,660 km apart.
Together Maine and Hokkaido (Japan) cover 163,000 km², close to the size of Somaliland (167,000 km², 2.7% bigger).
The gap between them, 5,480 km², is about the size of Cyprus (5,400 km²).
At Hokkaido (Japan)'s density, Maine would have 5.8 million people (it has 1.4 million). At Maine's density, Hokkaido (Japan) would have 1.3 million (it has 5.4 million).
Maine's centre is 2.0° of latitude, about 220 km, farther north than Hokkaido (Japan)'s.
Maine is the 39th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.9% of its area; it is the 40th 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.
Both lie at about the same latitude, 45°N and 43°N.
Shared out evenly, each person in Maine would have about 61,850 m² and each person in Hokkaido (Japan) about 14,500 m².
Laid side by side, Maine and Hokkaido (Japan) would cover 163,000 km², 1.04× the size of Tunisia.
Together they have 6.8 million people, about as many people as Paraguay.

Side by side

	Maine	Hokkaido (Japan)
Is a	StateUnited States	PrefectureJapan
Area, measured	84,300 km²32,500 mi²	78,800 km²30,400 mi²
Official area	91,600 km²Wikidata	83,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	39th of 51in the United States	1st of 47in Japan
Population	1.4 millionWikidata, 2020	5.4 millionWikidata, 2014
Rank by population	42nd of 51in the United States	8th of 47in Japan
Density	16 per km²	69 per km²
Capital	Augusta	Sapporo
Latitude range	43°N to 47°N	41°N to 46°N

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2014. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 84,300 km² is 8.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 91,600 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
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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