Tamaulipas is 1.01× the size of Hokkaido (Japan)

Tamaulipas (state of Mexico) covers about 79,600 km² (30,700 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.

79,600km²Tamaulipas
78,800km²Hokkaido (Japan)

100 km

Tamaulipas
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 99% of the size of Tamaulipas.
Tamaulipas is larger by 801 km² (309 mi²), which is 1.0% of the area of Hokkaido (Japan).
Measured in Belgiums: Tamaulipas is about 2.59, Hokkaido (Japan) about 2.57.

How they differ

Tamaulipas is larger, but Hokkaido (Japan) has the larger population: 5.4 million against 3.4 million, 1.58× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 69 in Hokkaido (Japan) against 43 in Tamaulipas: Hokkaido (Japan) is 1.59× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,200 km apart.
On a standard web map Hokkaido (Japan) looks larger than Tamaulipas: Tamaulipas at 24°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Hokkaido (Japan) at 43°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Hokkaido (Japan) as 1.56× the size of Tamaulipas, when Tamaulipas is 1.01× the size of Hokkaido (Japan).
Together Tamaulipas and Hokkaido (Japan) cover 158,000 km², close to the size of Tunisia (157,000 km², 1.1% smaller).
The gap between them, 801 km², is about the size of Dominica (730 km²).
At Hokkaido (Japan)'s density, Tamaulipas would have 5.5 million people (it has 3.4 million). At Tamaulipas's density, Hokkaido (Japan) would have 3.4 million (it has 5.4 million).
Hokkaido (Japan)'s centre is 19.1° of latitude, about 2,120 km, farther north than Tamaulipas's.
Tamaulipas is the 7th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 4.1% of its area; it is the 22nd 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 19° of latitude (roughly 2,120 km) north of Tamaulipas.
Shared out evenly, each person in Tamaulipas would have about 23,120 m² and each person in Hokkaido (Japan) about 14,500 m².
Laid side by side, Tamaulipas and Hokkaido (Japan) would cover 158,000 km², about the same size as Tunisia.
Together they have 8.9 million people, about as many people as Papua New Guinea.

Side by side

	Tamaulipas	Hokkaido (Japan)
Is a	StateMexico	PrefectureJapan
Area, measured	79,600 km²30,700 mi²	78,800 km²30,400 mi²
Official area	80,200 km²Wikidata	83,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	7th of 32in Mexico	1st of 47in Japan
Population	3.4 millionWikidata, 2015	5.4 millionWikidata, 2014
Rank by population	13th of 32in Mexico	8th of 47in Japan
Density	43 per km²	69 per km²
Capital	Ciudad Victoria	Sapporo
Latitude range	22°N to 28°N	41°N to 46°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 80,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 79,600 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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