Zhejiang is 1.29× the size of Hokkaido (Japan)

Zhejiang (province of China) covers about 101,000 km² (39,100 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.

101,000km²Zhejiang
78,800km²Hokkaido (Japan)

100 km

Zhejiang
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 78% of the size of Zhejiang.
Zhejiang is larger by 22,600 km² (8,710 mi²), which is 29% of the area of Hokkaido (Japan).
Measured in Belgiums: Zhejiang is about 3.30, Hokkaido (Japan) about 2.57.

How they differ

Zhejiang also has the larger population: 64.6 million against 5.4 million, 11.9× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 637 in Zhejiang against 69 in Hokkaido (Japan): Zhejiang is 9.24× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 2,550 km apart.
On a standard web map Hokkaido (Japan) looks larger than Zhejiang: Zhejiang at 29°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Hokkaido (Japan) at 43°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Hokkaido (Japan) as 1.12× the size of Zhejiang, when Zhejiang is 1.29× the size of Hokkaido (Japan).
Together Zhejiang and Hokkaido (Japan) cover 180,000 km², close to the size of Cambodia (181,000 km², 0.5% bigger).
The gap between them, 22,600 km², is about the size of Belize (22,300 km²).
At Hokkaido (Japan)'s density, Zhejiang would have 7.0 million people (it has 64.6 million). At Zhejiang's density, Hokkaido (Japan) would have 50.2 million (it has 5.4 million).
Hokkaido (Japan)'s centre is 14.2° of latitude, about 1,580 km, farther north than Zhejiang's.
Zhejiang is the 24th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 7th 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 14° of latitude (roughly 1,580 km) north of Zhejiang.
Shared out evenly, each person in Zhejiang would have about 1,570 m² and each person in Hokkaido (Japan) about 14,500 m².
Laid side by side, Zhejiang and Hokkaido (Japan) would cover 180,000 km², about the same size as Cambodia.
Together they have 70.0 million people, about as many people as France.

Side by side

	Zhejiang	Hokkaido (Japan)
Is a	ProvinceChina	PrefectureJapan
Area, measured	101,000 km²39,100 mi²	78,800 km²30,400 mi²
Official area	102,000 km²Wikidata	83,400 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	24th of 31in China	1st of 47in Japan
Population	64.6 millionWikidata, 2020	5.4 millionWikidata, 2014
Rank by population	8th of 31in China	8th of 47in Japan
Density	637 per km²	69 per km²
Capital	Hangzhou	Sapporo
Latitude range	27°N to 31°N	41°N to 46°N

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2014. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 102,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 101,000 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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