Aguascalientes is 1.04× the size of La Rioja

What fits

• La Rioja is 96% of the size of Aguascalientes.
• Aguascalientes is larger by 216 km² (83.5 mi²), which is 4.1% of the area of La Rioja.
• Measured in Belgiums: Aguascalientes is about 0.18, La Rioja about 0.17.

How they differ

• Aguascalientes also has the larger population: 1.3 million against 324,000, 4.05× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 237 in Aguascalientes against 61 in La Rioja: Aguascalientes is 3.89× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 9,150 km apart.
• On a standard web map La Rioja looks larger than Aguascalientes: Aguascalientes at 22°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and La Rioja at 42°N about 1.8×, so the map shows La Rioja as 1.51× the size of Aguascalientes, when Aguascalientes is 1.04× the size of La Rioja.
• Together Aguascalientes and La Rioja cover 10,900 km², close to the size of Kosovo (10,900 km², 0.3% bigger).
• The gap between them, 216 km², is about the size of Saint Kitts and Nevis (264 km²).
• At La Rioja's density, Aguascalientes would have 338,000 people (it has 1.3 million). At Aguascalientes's density, La Rioja would have 1.3 million (it has 324,000).
• La Rioja's centre is 20.3° of latitude, about 2,250 km, farther north than Aguascalientes's.
• Aguascalientes is the 29th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
• La Rioja is the 16th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 15th most densely populated of them.
• La Rioja lies about 20° of latitude (roughly 2,250 km) north of Aguascalientes.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Aguascalientes would have about 4,230 m² and each person in La Rioja about 16,440 m².
• Laid side by side, Aguascalientes and La Rioja would cover 10,900 km², about the same size as Jamaica.
• Together they have 1.6 million people, 89% as many people as North Macedonia.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2024. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 5,620 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,550 km², to within 2%.
• Our measured 5,330 km² is 5.7% above Wikidata's official figure of 5,050 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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