Baja California Sur is 5.25× the size of Montenegro

Baja California Sur (state of Mexico) covers about 72,100 km² (27,800 mi²) and Montenegro (Europe) about 13,700 km² (5,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

72,100km²Baja California Sur
13,700km²Montenegro

100 km

Baja California Sur
Montenegro

What fits

Montenegro fits inside Baja California Sur about 5.25 times by area.
Baja California Sur is larger by 58,400 km² (22,500 mi²), which is 425% of the area of Montenegro.
Measured in Belgiums: Baja California Sur is about 2.35, Montenegro about 0.45.

How they differ

Baja California Sur also has the larger population: 637,000 against 617,000, 1.03× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 45 in Montenegro against 8.8 in Baja California Sur: Montenegro is 5.09× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,900 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Baja California Sur at 26°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Montenegro at 43°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Baja California Sur as 3.50× the size of Montenegro instead of 5.25×.
Together Baja California Sur and Montenegro cover 85,900 km², close to the size of Azerbaijan (86,200 km², 0.5% bigger).
The gap between them, 58,400 km², is about the size of Togo (56,900 km²).
At Montenegro's density, Baja California Sur would have 3.2 million people (it has 637,000). At Baja California Sur's density, Montenegro would have 121,000 (it has 617,000).
Montenegro's centre is 16.9° of latitude, about 1,880 km, farther north than Baja California Sur's.
Baja California Sur is the 11th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.7% of its area; it is the 32nd most densely populated of them.
Montenegro ranks 161st of 246 countries and territories by area.
Montenegro lies about 17° of latitude (roughly 1,880 km) north of Baja California Sur.
Shared out evenly, each person in Baja California Sur would have about 113,220 m² and each person in Montenegro about 22,240 m².
Laid side by side, Baja California Sur and Montenegro would cover 85,900 km², about the same size as Azerbaijan.
Together they have 1.3 million people, about as many people as Mauritius.
Counted as a country, Baja California Sur would rank 119th by area and 167th by population.

Side by side

	Baja California Sur	Montenegro
Is a	StateMexico	CountryEurope
Area, measured	72,100 km²27,800 mi²	13,700 km²5,300 mi²
Official area	73,900 km²Wikidata	13,900 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	11th of 32in Mexico	160th of 239worldwide
Population	637,000Wikidata, 2010	617,000Wikidata, 2022
Rank by population	32nd of 32in Mexico	167th of 237worldwide
Density	8.8 per km²	45 per km²
Capital	La Paz	Podgorica
Latitude range	23°N to 28°N	42°N to 44°N

Population: Wikidata 2010 and Wikidata 2022. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 72,100 km² is 2.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 73,900 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
Wikidata's official figure of 13,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 13,700 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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

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