Place comparison

Hokkaido compared with Singapore: area, population and density

Hokkaido has about 105 times Singapore’s land, but Singapore has about 1.2 times Hokkaido’s population, so Singapore is about 128 times as dense.

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Direct answer

How different are Hokkaido and Singapore?

Hokkaido covers 78,419.2 km² (30,278 sq mi); Hokkaido's area is 105.4 times Singapore's. Its reported population is 5,043,000; Hokkaido's population is about 82.5% of Singapore's. By average density, Hokkaido's population density is about 0.78% of Singapore's.

Area difference

Hokkaido's area is 105.4 times Singapore's 78,419.2 km² (30,278 sq mi) · 744.3 km² (287.4 sq mi)

Population difference

Hokkaido's population is about 82.5% of Singapore's 5,043,000 · 6,111,175

Density difference

Hokkaido's population density is about 0.78% of Singapore's 64.3 /km² (167 /sq mi) · 8,210.6 /km² (21,265 /sq mi)

Full data and sources for each place: Hokkaido area & population, Singapore area & population

Straight-line distance between geometric centres: about 6057 km; time difference: 1 hour.

On a familiar scale

Hokkaido ≈ 1.26 × West Virginia (reference rung) 15,550 m² of land per resident
Singapore ≈ the size of New York City 122 m² of land per resident

Reference scales come from U.S. Census Bureau: 2025 Gazetteer Files: land area of states and counties , as of 2025-01-01.

How to read it

A hundred Singapores of land, fewer people than Singapore.

Geography and shape

Hokkaido is Japan’s northernmost main island and prefecture, with long winters and large areas of farmland and forest. Singapore is a city-state on one main island and some sixty smaller islands near the equator.

Population context

Hokkaido has 5,043,000 people on 78,419 km², about 64 per km². Singapore has 6,111,175 on 744 km², about 8,211 per km². Singapore has about 1.2 times Hokkaido’s population on about 1% of its land.

Boundaries and definitions

Hokkaido excludes the Northern Territories (5,003 km²) and uses Japan’s official estimate for 1 October 2024. Singapore uses its total land area at 31 December 2025, which grows with reclamation, and its total population at end-June 2025, including about 1.91 million non-residents.

Hokkaido: Hokkaido excluding the Northern Territories. Japan's published prefectural area of 83,422.27 km² includes the four disputed island groups (5,003.05 km²), which have been administered by Russia since 1945; this page subtracts them so that the area, the outline and the population all describe the same ground. Japan's own Statistics Bureau makes the same subtraction before computing Hokkaido's population density, and no census is conducted in the disputed islands. Population is a prefectural estimate published only to the nearest thousand.

Singapore: Total land area surveyed by the Singapore Land Authority as at 31 December 2025, covering the main island and its offshore islands. The figure rises with reclamation and is restated annually — it was 735.7 km² a year earlier. Population is the Department of Statistics total population at end-June 2025: citizens 3,660,683, permanent residents 543,832 and about 1.91 million non-residents, counted by place of usual residence, so tourists and short-term visitors are excluded. The two dates are six months apart, and the outline traces the main island, Pulau Ujong, which is about 88% of the official area — Pulau Tekong, Jurong Island, Pulau Ubin, Sentosa and some sixty smaller islands are counted in the figure but not drawn.

In-depth guide

How should Hokkaido and Singapore be understood in context?

Hokkaido and Singapore sit at opposite ends of Asian density. Hokkaido has about 105 times Singapore’s land, yet Singapore has more people.

A hundred times the land, fewer people

Hokkaido’s 78,419 km² is about 105 times Singapore’s 744 km². Its 5.04 million people are about 83% of Singapore’s 6.11 million, which makes Hokkaido about 64 people per km² and Singapore about 8,211 — a ratio of about 128 to one.

At one scale, Singapore is a small mark against Hokkaido — closer in size to a single Hokkaido city area than to the island.

Questions people ask

About this geographic comparison

Which is bigger, Hokkaido or Singapore?

Hokkaido is bigger, with a land area about 105.4× that of Singapore (Hokkaido 78,419.2 vs Singapore 744.3 km², or 30,278 sq mi vs 287.4 sq mi).

How big is Hokkaido compared to Singapore?

Hokkaido has 78,419.2 km² (30,278 sq mi) and Singapore has 744.3 km² (287.4 sq mi): the ratio is 105.4×. Conversely, Singapore has 0.95% of Hokkaido's area.

Does Hokkaido or Singapore have more people?

Singapore has 6,111,175 people (2025-06-30), versus 5,043,000 in Hokkaido (2024-10-01): 1.21×. In reverse, Hokkaido has 82.5% of Singapore's population. Hokkaido is 105.4× the size of Singapore — 78,419.2 km² vs 744.3 km² (30,278 sq mi vs 287.4 sq mi). Population is 82.5% as high; average density is 0.78% as high. Each side’s scope and reference date are set out under “Boundaries and definitions” on this page.

Is Hokkaido bigger than Singapore?

Yes. Hokkaido is bigger, with a land area about 105.4× that of Singapore (Hokkaido 78,419.2 vs Singapore 744.3 km², or 30,278 sq mi vs 287.4 sq mi). The area difference is 77,674.9 km². Hokkaido has 78,419.2 km² (30,278 sq mi) and Singapore has 744.3 km² (287.4 sq mi): the ratio is 105.4×. Conversely, Singapore has 0.95% of Hokkaido's area.

How many Singapores would fit in Hokkaido?

About 105 by land area: 78,419 km² against 744 km².

Does Hokkaido have more people than Singapore?

No. Hokkaido has about 5.04 million people and Singapore about 6.11 million, roughly 1.2 times as many — on about 1% of Hokkaido’s land.

Sources

Outline data:

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