Serbia is 1.01× the size of Hokkaidō
Serbia (country) covers about 77,600 km² (30,000 mi²) and Hokkaidō (island) about 77,100 km² (29,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other. The Hokkaidō outline is Natural Earth’s, checked against the published area.
- 77,600km²Serbia
- 77,100km²Hokkaidō
100 km
- Serbia
- Hokkaidō
What fits
- Hokkaidō is 99% of the size of Serbia.
- Serbia is larger by 515 km² (199 mi²), which is 0.7% of the area of Hokkaidō.
- Measured in Belgiums: Serbia is about 2.53, Hokkaidō about 2.51.
How they differ
- Their centres are about 8,690 km apart.
- Together Serbia and Hokkaidō cover 155,000 km², close to the size of Tunisia (157,000 km², 1.2% bigger).
- Serbia's centre is 0.8° of latitude, about 90 km, farther north than Hokkaidō's.
- Serbia ranks 117th of 212 countries by area.
- Hokkaidō is an island and ranks 20th of the 81 islands on sizeversus by area.
- Laid out flat, Serbia stretches about 438 km north to south and 329 km east to west; Hokkaidō about 452 km by 488 km.
- Wikidata’s published figure of 78,000 km² agrees with our measured 77,100 km², to within 2%.
Who wins on what
| Measure | Winner | By |
|---|---|---|
| Larger area | Serbia | 1.01× |
| Farther north | Serbia | 0.8° of latitude |
Both against the same yardsticks
| Yardstick | Serbia | Hokkaidō |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium 30,700 km² | 2.53× | 2.51× |
| United Kingdom 244,000 km² | 0.32× | 0.32× |
| Germany 358,000 km² | 0.22× | 0.22× |
| Japan 374,000 km² | 0.21× | 0.21× |
| France 548,000 km² | 0.14× | 0.14× |
| India 3,151,000 km² | 0.02× | 0.02× |
| Brazil 8,473,000 km² | 0.01× | 0.01× |
| United States 9,447,000 km² | 0.01× | 0.01× |
| Russia 16,980,000 km² | 1 in 219 | 1 in 220 |
Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.
Side by side
| Serbia | Hokkaidō | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryEurope | Islandisland on sizeversus |
| Area, measured | 77,600 km²30,000 mi² | 77,100 km²29,800 mi² |
| Area, published | 88,500 km²Wikidata | 78,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 117th of 212countries | 20th of 81islands |
| Latitude range | 42°N to 46°N | 41°N to 46°N |
| On the shore | – | 1 on the shore |
Published figures: Wikidata (CC0). A lake or a sea has no legal boundary: the measured area is that of Natural Earth’s outline, and it is shown beside the published one.
- Natural Earth’s outlines of Japan contain or lie within 4 km of the outline of Hokkaidō. That is what its geometry says, and it is not a statement about who owns the water or where any border runs in it.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Lakes and seas: Natural Earth 1:10m physical vectors (public domain), kept only where the measured area is within 10% of the published one. Countries and regions: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 and Admin 1, public domain.
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A lake or a sea has no legal boundary of its own; the outline is a cartographic one.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. The published figure comes from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-11, and is shown beside the measured one.
- 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
- 2026-11-11