Bangkok is 1.14× the size of Mexico City
Bangkok (special administrative area of Thailand) covers about 1,560 km² (604 mi²) and Mexico City (federal entity of Mexico) about 1,380 km² (531 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 1,560km²Bangkok
- 1,380km²Mexico City
20 km
- Bangkok
- Mexico City
What fits
- Mexico City is 88% of the size of Bangkok.
- Bangkok is larger by 189 km² (72.9 mi²), which is 14% of the area of Mexico City.
- Measured in Belgiums: Bangkok is about 0.05, Mexico City about 0.04.
How they differ
- Bangkok is larger, but Mexico City has the larger population: 8.9 million against 5.7 million, 1.57× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 6,486 in Mexico City against 3,630 in Bangkok: Mexico City is 1.79× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 15,800 km apart.
- Together Bangkok and Mexico City cover 2,940 km², close to the size of Samoa (2,780 km², 5.4% smaller).
- The gap between them, 189 km², is about the size of Aruba (170 km²).
- At Mexico City's density, Bangkok would have 10.1 million people (it has 5.7 million). At Bangkok's density, Mexico City would have 5.0 million (it has 8.9 million).
- Mexico City's centre is 5.5° of latitude, about 610 km, farther north than Bangkok's.
- Bangkok is the 69th largest of the 77 provinces of Thailand and covers 0.3% 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 6° of latitude (roughly 612 km) north of Bangkok.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Bangkok would have about 280 m² and each person in Mexico City about 150 m².
- Laid side by side, Bangkok and Mexico City would cover 2,940 km², 1.06× the size of Samoa.
- Together they have 14.6 million people, about as many people as Rwanda.
- Bangkok is drawn from 40 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
| Bangkok | Mexico City | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | Special administrative areaThailand | Federal entityMexico |
| Area, measured | 1,560 km²604 mi² | 1,380 km²531 mi² |
| Official area | 1,570 km²Wikidata | 1,490 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 69th of 77in Thailand | 32nd of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 5.7 millionWikidata, 2018 | 8.9 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Rank by population | 1st of 77in Thailand | 2nd of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 3,630 per km² | 6,486 per km² |
| Latitude range | 13°N to 14°N | 19°N to 20°N |
Population: Wikidata 2018 and Wikidata 2015. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 1,570 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,560 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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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