Belgium is 1.01× the size of Guanajuato
Belgium (Europe) covers about 30,700 km² (11,800 mi²) and Guanajuato (state of Mexico) about 30,400 km² (11,700 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 30,700km²Belgium
- 30,400km²Guanajuato
50 km
- Belgium
- Guanajuato
What fits
- Guanajuato is 99% of the size of Belgium.
- Belgium is larger by 251 km² (96.8 mi²), which is 0.8% of the area of Guanajuato.
- Measured in Switzerlands: Belgium is about 0.74, Guanajuato about 0.73.
How they differ
- Belgium also has the larger population: 11.8 million against 5.9 million, 2.02× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 386 in Belgium against 192 in Guanajuato: Belgium is 2.00× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,270 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Belgium at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Guanajuato at 21°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Belgium as 2.19× the size of Guanajuato instead of 1.01×.
- Together Belgium and Guanajuato cover 61,100 km², close to the size of Latvia (64,600 km², 5.7% bigger).
- At Guanajuato's density, Belgium would have 5.9 million people (it has 11.8 million). At Belgium's density, Guanajuato would have 11.7 million (it has 5.9 million).
- Belgium's centre is 29.7° of latitude, about 3,310 km, farther north than Guanajuato's.
- Belgium ranks 141st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Guanajuato is the 22nd largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 1.6% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
- Belgium lies about 30° of latitude (roughly 3,310 km) north of Guanajuato.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Belgium would have about 2,590 m² and each person in Guanajuato about 5,200 m².
- Laid side by side, Belgium and Guanajuato would cover 61,100 km², 95% of the size of Latvia.
- Together they have 17.7 million people, about as many people as Malawi.
- Counted as a country, Guanajuato would rank 141st by area and 115th by population.
Side by side
| Belgium | Guanajuato | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryEurope | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 30,700 km²11,800 mi² | 30,400 km²11,700 mi² |
| Official area | 30,700 km²Wikidata | 30,600 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 140th of 239worldwide | 22nd of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 11.8 millionWikidata, 2025 | 5.9 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Rank by population | 80th of 237worldwide | 6th of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 386 per km² | 192 per km² |
| Capital | Brussels | Guanajuato |
| Latitude range | 49°N to 51°N | 20°N to 22°N |
Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2015. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 30,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,700 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 30,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,400 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