Belgium is 1.44× the size of Hidalgo
Belgium (Europe) covers about 30,700 km² (11,800 mi²) and Hidalgo (state of Mexico) about 21,300 km² (8,230 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 30,700km²Belgium
- 21,300km²Hidalgo
50 km
- Belgium
- Hidalgo
What fits
- Hidalgo is 69% of the size of Belgium.
- Belgium is larger by 9,370 km² (3,620 mi²), which is 44% of the area of Hidalgo.
- Measured in Switzerlands: Belgium is about 0.74, Hidalgo about 0.51.
How they differ
- Belgium also has the larger population: 11.8 million against 2.9 million, 4.14× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 386 in Belgium against 134 in Hidalgo: Belgium is 2.87× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,170 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Belgium at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Hidalgo at 20°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Belgium as 3.14× the size of Hidalgo instead of 1.44×.
- Together Belgium and Hidalgo cover 52,000 km², close to the size of Bosnia and Herzegovina (51,800 km², 0.3% smaller).
- The gap between them, 9,370 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
- At Hidalgo's density, Belgium would have 4.1 million people (it has 11.8 million). At Belgium's density, Hidalgo would have 8.2 million (it has 2.9 million).
- Belgium's centre is 30.2° of latitude, about 3,350 km, farther north than Hidalgo's.
- Belgium ranks 141st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Hidalgo is the 26th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
- Belgium lies about 30° of latitude (roughly 3,350 km) north of Hidalgo.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Belgium would have about 2,590 m² and each person in Hidalgo about 7,450 m².
- Laid side by side, Belgium and Hidalgo would cover 52,000 km², about the same size as Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- Together they have 14.7 million people, about as many people as Rwanda.
- Counted as a country, Hidalgo would rank 153rd by area and 139th by population.
Side by side
| Belgium | Hidalgo | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryEurope | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 30,700 km²11,800 mi² | 21,300 km²8,230 mi² |
| Official area | 30,700 km²Wikidata | 20,800 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 140th of 239worldwide | 26th of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 11.8 millionWikidata, 2025 | 2.9 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Rank by population | 80th of 237worldwide | 17th of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 386 per km² | 134 per km² |
| Capital | Brussels | Pachuca |
| Latitude range | 49°N to 51°N | 20°N to 21°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%.
- Our measured 21,300 km² is 2.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 20,800 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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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