Australian Capital Territory is 1.71× the size of Mexico City

What fits

• Mexico City is 59% of the size of Australian Capital Territory.
• Australian Capital Territory is larger by 974 km² (376 mi²), which is 71% of the area of Mexico City.
• Measured in Belgiums: Australian Capital Territory is about 0.08, Mexico City about 0.04.

How they differ

• Australian Capital Territory is larger, but Mexico City has the larger population: 8.9 million against 482,000, 18.5× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 6,486 in Mexico City against 205 in Australian Capital Territory: Mexico City is 31.6× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 13,200 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: Australian Capital Territory at 35°S is drawn about 1.5× too large and Mexico City at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Australian Capital Territory as 2.30× the size of Mexico City instead of 1.71×.
• Together Australian Capital Territory and Mexico City cover 3,720 km², close to the size of Cape Verde (3,930 km², 5.4% bigger).
• The gap between them, 974 km², is about the size of Åland (942 km²).
• At Mexico City's density, Australian Capital Territory would have 15.2 million people (it has 482,000). At Australian Capital Territory's density, Mexico City would have 282,000 (it has 8.9 million).
• Mexico City's centre is 54.8° of latitude, about 6,090 km, farther north than Australian Capital Territory's.
• Australian Capital Territory is the 8th largest of the 8 states and territories of Australia and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
• Mexico City is the 32nd largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
• Mexico City lies about 55° of latitude (roughly 6,090 km) north of Australian Capital Territory, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Australian Capital Territory would have about 4,880 m² and each person in Mexico City about 150 m².
• Laid side by side, Australian Capital Territory and Mexico City would cover 3,720 km², 95% of the size of Cape Verde.
• Together they have 9.4 million people, about as many people as Tajikistan.
• Australian Capital Territory is drawn from 52 points and Mexico City is drawn from 42 points: at sizes under 2,500 km² the outlines are a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.

Side by side

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

• Wikidata's official figure of 2,360 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,350 km², to within 2%.
• Our measured 1,380 km² is 7.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 1,490 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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