Pernambuco is 1.24× the size of Hokkaido (Japan)

Pernambuco (state of Brazil) covers about 97,600 km² (37,700 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.

97,600km²Pernambuco
78,800km²Hokkaido (Japan)

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Pernambuco
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 81% of the size of Pernambuco.
Pernambuco is larger by 18,800 km² (7,280 mi²), which is 24% of the area of Hokkaido (Japan).
Measured in Belgiums: Pernambuco is about 3.18, Hokkaido (Japan) about 2.57.

How they differ

Pernambuco also has the larger population: 9.1 million against 5.4 million, 1.67× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 93 in Pernambuco against 69 in Hokkaido (Japan): Pernambuco is 1.35× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 16,100 km apart.
On a standard web map Hokkaido (Japan) looks larger than Pernambuco: Pernambuco at 8°S is drawn about 1.0× too large and Hokkaido (Japan) at 43°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Hokkaido (Japan) as 1.50× the size of Pernambuco, when Pernambuco is 1.24× the size of Hokkaido (Japan).
Together Pernambuco and Hokkaido (Japan) cover 176,000 km², close to the size of Uruguay (177,000 km², 0.5% bigger).
The gap between them, 18,800 km², is about the size of Fiji (18,900 km²).
At Hokkaido (Japan)'s density, Pernambuco would have 6.7 million people (it has 9.1 million). At Pernambuco's density, Hokkaido (Japan) would have 7.3 million (it has 5.4 million).
Hokkaido (Japan)'s centre is 51.7° of latitude, about 5,750 km, farther north than Pernambuco's.
Pernambuco is the 19th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 1.2% of its area; it is the 6th 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 52° of latitude (roughly 5,750 km) north of Pernambuco, on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Pernambuco would have about 10,780 m² and each person in Hokkaido (Japan) about 14,500 m².
Laid side by side, Pernambuco and Hokkaido (Japan) would cover 176,000 km², about the same size as Uruguay.
Together they have 14.5 million people, about as many people as Rwanda.

Side by side

	Pernambuco	Hokkaido (Japan)
Is a	StateBrazil	PrefectureJapan
Area, measured	97,600 km²37,700 mi²	78,800 km²30,400 mi²
Official area	98,900 km²Wikidata	83,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	19th of 27in Brazil	1st of 47in Japan
Population	9.1 millionWikidata, 2022	5.4 millionWikidata, 2014
Rank by population	7th of 27in Brazil	8th of 47in Japan
Density	93 per km²	69 per km²
Capital	Recife	Sapporo
Latitude range	9°S to 7°S	41°N to 46°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 98,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 97,600 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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