Akita and Querétaro are almost exactly the same size
Akita (prefecture of Japan) covers about 11,700 km² (4,530 mi²) and Querétaro (state of Mexico) about 11,700 km² (4,520 mi²). Their outlines are laid over each other below at one scale.
- 11,700km²Akita
- 11,700km²Querétaro
50 km
- Akita
- Querétaro
What fits
- Querétaro is 100% of the size of Akita.
- The measured areas differ by 22.1 km², less than half a percent: closer than the measurement itself is certain.
- Measured in Belgiums: Akita is about 0.38, Querétaro about 0.38.
How they differ
- Akita is larger, but Querétaro has the larger population: 2.0 million against 946,000, 2.15× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 174 in Querétaro against 81 in Akita: Querétaro is 2.16× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 10,800 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Akita at 40°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Querétaro at 21°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Akita as 1.48× the size of Querétaro instead of 1.00×.
- Together Akita and Querétaro cover 23,400 km², close to the size of Belize (22,300 km², 4.8% smaller).
- At Querétaro's density, Akita would have 2.0 million people (it has 946,000). At Akita's density, Querétaro would have 945,000 (it has 2.0 million).
- Akita's centre is 18.9° of latitude, about 2,100 km, farther north than Querétaro's.
- Akita is the 6th largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 3.1% of its area; it is the 45th most densely populated of them.
- Querétaro is the 27th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 0.6% of its area; it is the 8th most densely populated of them.
- Akita lies about 19° of latitude (roughly 2,100 km) north of Querétaro.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Akita would have about 12,390 m² and each person in Querétaro about 5,740 m².
- Laid side by side, Akita and Querétaro would cover 23,400 km², 1.05× the size of Belize.
- Together they have 3.0 million people, about as many people as Armenia.
Side by side
| Akita | Querétaro | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | PrefectureJapan | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 11,700 km²4,530 mi² | 11,700 km²4,520 mi² |
| Official area | 11,600 km²Wikidata | 11,700 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 6th of 47in Japan | 27th of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 946,000Wikidata, 2021 | 2.0 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Rank by population | 39th of 47in Japan | 22nd of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 81 per km² | 174 per km² |
| Capital | Akita | Santiago de Querétaro |
| Latitude range | 39°N to 41°N | 20°N to 22°N |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2015. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 11,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 11,700 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 11,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 11,700 km², to within 2%.
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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