Hokkaidô today has a population of around 5.2 million people, roughly 4% of the population of the country. The prefecture accounts for roughly 1/5th of the land area of Japan.<ref>David Howell, "On the Peripheries of the Japanese Archipelago: Ryukyu and Hokkaido," in Howell (ed.), ''The New Cambridge History of Japan'' vol 2 (2024), 614.</ref>
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The chief Ainu communities in Hokkaidô today are located at [[Lake Akan]], [[Shiraoi]], and [[Nibutani]].<ref name=soas/>
The chief Ainu communities in Hokkaidô today are located at [[Lake Akan]], [[Shiraoi]], and [[Nibutani]].<ref name=soas/>