Oaxaca is 1.17× the size of Hokkaido (Japan)

Oaxaca (state of Mexico) covers about 92,200 km² (35,600 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.

92,200km²Oaxaca
78,800km²Hokkaido (Japan)

100 km

Oaxaca
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 85% of the size of Oaxaca.
Oaxaca is larger by 13,400 km² (5,160 mi²), which is 17% of the area of Hokkaido (Japan).
Measured in Belgiums: Oaxaca is about 3.00, Hokkaido (Japan) about 2.57.

How they differ

Oaxaca is larger, but Hokkaido (Japan) has the larger population: 5.4 million against 4.0 million, 1.37× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 69 in Hokkaido (Japan) against 43 in Oaxaca: Hokkaido (Japan) is 1.60× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 11,000 km apart.
On a standard web map Hokkaido (Japan) looks larger than Oaxaca: Oaxaca at 17°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Hokkaido (Japan) at 43°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Hokkaido (Japan) as 1.48× the size of Oaxaca, when Oaxaca is 1.17× the size of Hokkaido (Japan).
Together Oaxaca and Hokkaido (Japan) cover 171,000 km², close to the size of Somaliland (167,000 km², 2.1% smaller).
The gap between them, 13,400 km², is about the size of Montenegro (13,700 km²).
At Hokkaido (Japan)'s density, Oaxaca would have 6.4 million people (it has 4.0 million). At Oaxaca's density, Hokkaido (Japan) would have 3.4 million (it has 5.4 million).
Hokkaido (Japan)'s centre is 26.4° of latitude, about 2,940 km, farther north than Oaxaca's.
Oaxaca is the 5th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 4.7% of its area; it is the 23rd 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 26° of latitude (roughly 2,940 km) north of Oaxaca.
Shared out evenly, each person in Oaxaca would have about 23,230 m² and each person in Hokkaido (Japan) about 14,500 m².
Laid side by side, Oaxaca and Hokkaido (Japan) would cover 171,000 km², 96% of the size of Uruguay.
Together they have 9.4 million people, about as many people as Tajikistan.

Side by side

	Oaxaca	Hokkaido (Japan)
Is a	StateMexico	PrefectureJapan
Area, measured	92,200 km²35,600 mi²	78,800 km²30,400 mi²
Official area	93,800 km²Wikidata	83,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	5th of 32in Mexico	1st of 47in Japan
Population	4.0 millionWikidata, 2015	5.4 millionWikidata, 2014
Rank by population	10th of 32in Mexico	8th of 47in Japan
Density	43 per km²	69 per km²
Capital	Oaxaca de Juárez	Sapporo
Latitude range	16°N to 19°N	41°N to 46°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 93,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 92,200 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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