Nouvelle-Aquitaine is 1.08× the size of Hokkaido (Japan)

Nouvelle-Aquitaine (region of France) covers about 85,000 km² (32,800 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.

85,000km²Nouvelle-Aquitaine
78,800km²Hokkaido (Japan)

100 km

Nouvelle-Aquitaine
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 93% of the size of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Nouvelle-Aquitaine is larger by 6,210 km² (2,400 mi²), which is 7.9% of the area of Hokkaido (Japan).
Measured in Belgiums: Nouvelle-Aquitaine is about 2.77, Hokkaido (Japan) about 2.57.

How they differ

Nouvelle-Aquitaine also has the larger population: 6.1 million against 5.4 million, 1.13× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 72 in Nouvelle-Aquitaine against 69 in Hokkaido (Japan): Nouvelle-Aquitaine is 1.04× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,490 km apart.
Together Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Hokkaido (Japan) cover 164,000 km², close to the size of Somaliland (167,000 km², 2.2% bigger).
The gap between them, 6,210 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
At Hokkaido (Japan)'s density, Nouvelle-Aquitaine would have 5.9 million people (it has 6.1 million). At Nouvelle-Aquitaine's density, Hokkaido (Japan) would have 5.7 million (it has 5.4 million).
Nouvelle-Aquitaine's centre is 1.8° of latitude, about 200 km, farther north than Hokkaido (Japan)'s.
Nouvelle-Aquitaine is the largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 13% of its area; it is the 14th 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 Nouvelle-Aquitaine would have about 13,900 m² and each person in Hokkaido (Japan) about 14,500 m².
Laid side by side, Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Hokkaido (Japan) would cover 164,000 km², 1.05× the size of Tunisia.
Together they have 11.5 million people, about as many people as Tunisia.

Side by side

	Nouvelle-Aquitaine	Hokkaido (Japan)
Is a	RegionFrance	PrefectureJapan
Area, measured	85,000 km²32,800 mi²	78,800 km²30,400 mi²
Official area	84,100 km²Wikidata	83,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	1st of 18in France	1st of 47in Japan
Population	6.1 millionWikidata, 2022	5.4 millionWikidata, 2014
Rank by population	3rd of 18in France	8th of 47in Japan
Density	72 per km²	69 per km²
Capital	Bordeaux	Sapporo
Latitude range	43°N to 47°N	41°N to 46°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2014. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 84,100 km² agrees with our measured area of 85,000 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. The outline of Nouvelle-Aquitaine is the departments Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
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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