New Zealand is 3.41× the size of Hokkaido (Japan)

New Zealand (Oceania) covers about 268,000 km² (104,000 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.

268,000km²New Zealand
78,800km²Hokkaido (Japan)

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New Zealand
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) fits inside New Zealand about 3.41 times by area.
New Zealand is larger by 190,000 km² (73,200 mi²), which is 241% of the area of Hokkaido (Japan).
Measured in Belgiums: New Zealand is about 8.75, Hokkaido (Japan) about 2.57.

How they differ

New Zealand is larger, but Hokkaido (Japan) has the larger population: 5.4 million against 5.3 million, 1.02× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 69 in Hokkaido (Japan) against 20 in New Zealand: Hokkaido (Japan) is 3.49× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,940 km apart.
Together New Zealand and Hokkaido (Japan) cover 347,000 km², close to the size of Republic of the Congo (345,000 km², 0.7% smaller).
The gap between them, 190,000 km², is about the size of Syria (186,000 km²).
At Hokkaido (Japan)'s density, New Zealand would have 18.5 million people (it has 5.3 million). At New Zealand's density, Hokkaido (Japan) would have 1.6 million (it has 5.4 million).
Hokkaido (Japan)'s centre is 85.1° of latitude, about 9,460 km, farther north than New Zealand's.
New Zealand ranks 76th of 246 countries and territories by area.
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 85° of latitude (roughly 9,460 km) north of New Zealand, on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in New Zealand would have about 50,590 m² and each person in Hokkaido (Japan) about 14,500 m².
Laid side by side, New Zealand and Hokkaido (Japan) would cover 347,000 km², about the same size as the Republic of the Congo.
Together they have 10.7 million people, about as many people as Dominican Republic.
Counted as a country, Hokkaido (Japan) would rank 116th by area and 118th by population.

Side by side

	New Zealand	Hokkaido (Japan)
Is a	CountryOceania	PrefectureJapan
Area, measured	268,000 km²104,000 mi²	78,800 km²30,400 mi²
Official area	268,000 km²Wikidata	83,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	75th of 239worldwide	1st of 47in Japan
Population	5.3 millionWikidata, 2024	5.4 millionWikidata, 2014
Rank by population	119th of 237worldwide	8th of 47in Japan
Density	20 per km²	69 per km²
Capital	Wellington	Sapporo
Latitude range	53°S to 29°S	41°N to 46°N

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2014. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 268,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 269,000 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 for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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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