Bavaria is 1.09× the size of San Luis Potosí
Bavaria (state of Germany) covers about 70,000 km² (27,000 mi²) and San Luis Potosí (state of Mexico) about 64,200 km² (24,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 70,000km²Bavaria
- 64,200km²San Luis Potosí
100 km
- Bavaria
- San Luis Potosí
What fits
- San Luis Potosí is 92% of the size of Bavaria.
- Bavaria is larger by 5,820 km² (2,250 mi²), which is 9.1% of the area of San Luis Potosí.
- Measured in Belgiums: Bavaria is about 2.28, San Luis Potosí about 2.09.
How they differ
- Bavaria also has the larger population: 13.0 million against 2.7 million, 4.80× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 186 in Bavaria against 42 in San Luis Potosí: Bavaria is 4.40× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,600 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Bavaria at 49°N is drawn about 2.3× too large and San Luis Potosí at 23°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Bavaria as 2.15× the size of San Luis Potosí instead of 1.09×.
- Together Bavaria and San Luis Potosí cover 134,000 km², close to the size of Bangladesh (137,000 km², 2.0% bigger).
- The gap between them, 5,820 km², is about the size of Brunei (5,720 km²).
- At San Luis Potosí's density, Bavaria would have 3.0 million people (it has 13.0 million). At Bavaria's density, San Luis Potosí would have 12.0 million (it has 2.7 million).
- Bavaria's centre is 26.3° of latitude, about 2,930 km, farther north than San Luis Potosí's.
- Bavaria is the largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 20% of its area; it is the 11th most densely populated of them.
- San Luis Potosí is the 15th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.3% of its area; it is the 25th most densely populated of them.
- Bavaria lies about 26° of latitude (roughly 2,930 km) north of San Luis Potosí.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Bavaria would have about 5,370 m² and each person in San Luis Potosí about 23,620 m².
- Laid side by side, Bavaria and San Luis Potosí would cover 134,000 km², about the same size as Bangladesh.
- Together they have 15.8 million people, 1.04× as many people as Zimbabwe.
Side by side
| Bavaria | San Luis Potosí | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateGermany | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 70,000 km²27,000 mi² | 64,200 km²24,800 mi² |
| Official area | 70,600 km²Wikidata | 61,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 1st of 16in Germany | 15th of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 13.0 millionWikidata, 2022 | 2.7 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Rank by population | 2nd of 16in Germany | 19th of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 186 per km² | 42 per km² |
| Capital | Munich | San Luis Potosí |
| Latitude range | 47°N to 51°N | 21°N to 25°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2015. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 70,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 70,000 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 64,200 km² is 5.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 61,000 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