Tamil Nadu is 1.66× the size of Hokkaido (Japan)

Tamil Nadu (state of India) covers about 131,000 km² (50,500 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.

131,000km²Tamil Nadu
78,800km²Hokkaido (Japan)

100 km

Tamil Nadu
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 60% of the size of Tamil Nadu.
Tamil Nadu is larger by 51,900 km² (20,000 mi²), which is 66% of the area of Hokkaido (Japan).
Measured in Belgiums: Tamil Nadu is about 4.26, Hokkaido (Japan) about 2.57.

How they differ

Tamil Nadu also has the larger population: 72.1 million against 5.4 million, 13.3× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 552 in Tamil Nadu against 69 in Hokkaido (Japan): Tamil Nadu is 8.01× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,090 km apart.
On a standard web map Hokkaido (Japan) looks larger than Tamil Nadu: Tamil Nadu at 11°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Hokkaido (Japan) at 43°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Hokkaido (Japan) as 1.10× the size of Tamil Nadu, when Tamil Nadu is 1.66× the size of Hokkaido (Japan).
Together Tamil Nadu and Hokkaido (Japan) cover 209,000 km², close to the size of Guyana (211,000 km², 0.8% bigger).
The gap between them, 51,900 km², is about the size of Bosnia and Herzegovina (51,800 km²).
At Hokkaido (Japan)'s density, Tamil Nadu would have 9.0 million people (it has 72.1 million). At Tamil Nadu's density, Hokkaido (Japan) would have 43.5 million (it has 5.4 million).
Hokkaido (Japan)'s centre is 32.4° of latitude, about 3,600 km, farther north than Tamil Nadu's.
Tamil Nadu is the 10th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 4.1% of its area; it is the 11th 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 32° of latitude (roughly 3,600 km) north of Tamil Nadu.
Shared out evenly, each person in Tamil Nadu would have about 1,810 m² and each person in Hokkaido (Japan) about 14,500 m².
Laid side by side, Tamil Nadu and Hokkaido (Japan) would cover 209,000 km², about the same size as Guyana.
Together they have 77.6 million people, 93% as many people as Germany.

Side by side

	Tamil Nadu	Hokkaido (Japan)
Is a	StateIndia	PrefectureJapan
Area, measured	131,000 km²50,500 mi²	78,800 km²30,400 mi²
Official area	130,000 km²Wikidata	83,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	10th of 36in India	1st of 47in Japan
Population	72.1 millionWikidata, 2011	5.4 millionWikidata, 2014
Rank by population	6th of 36in India	8th of 47in Japan
Density	552 per km²	69 per km²
Capital	Chennai	Sapporo
Latitude range	8°N to 14°N	41°N to 46°N

Population: Wikidata 2011 and Wikidata 2014. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 130,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 131,000 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
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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