Belgium is 1.27× the size of Tabasco
Belgium (Europe) covers about 30,700 km² (11,800 mi²) and Tabasco (state of Mexico) about 24,100 km² (9,290 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 30,700km²Belgium
- 24,100km²Tabasco
100 km
- Belgium
- Tabasco
What fits
- Tabasco is 78% of the size of Belgium.
- Belgium is larger by 6,610 km² (2,550 mi²), which is 27% of the area of Tabasco.
- Measured in Switzerlands: Belgium is about 0.74, Tabasco about 0.58.
How they differ
- Belgium also has the larger population: 11.8 million against 2.4 million, 4.92× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 386 in Belgium against 100 in Tabasco: Belgium is 3.86× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,970 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Belgium at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Tabasco at 18°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Belgium as 2.87× the size of Tabasco instead of 1.27×.
- Together Belgium and Tabasco cover 54,700 km², close to the size of Croatia (55,000 km², 0.5% bigger).
- The gap between them, 6,610 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
- At Tabasco's density, Belgium would have 3.1 million people (it has 11.8 million). At Belgium's density, Tabasco would have 9.3 million (it has 2.4 million).
- Belgium's centre is 32.7° of latitude, about 3,630 km, farther north than Tabasco's.
- Belgium ranks 141st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Tabasco is the 24th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 1.2% of its area; it is the 12th most densely populated of them.
- Belgium lies about 33° of latitude (roughly 3,630 km) north of Tabasco.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Belgium would have about 2,590 m² and each person in Tabasco about 10,010 m².
- Laid side by side, Belgium and Tabasco would cover 54,700 km², about the same size as Croatia.
- Together they have 14.2 million people, about as many people as Benin.
- Counted as a country, Tabasco would rank 150th by area and 146th by population.
Side by side
| Belgium | Tabasco | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryEurope | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 30,700 km²11,800 mi² | 24,100 km²9,290 mi² |
| Official area | 30,700 km²Wikidata | 24,700 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 140th of 239worldwide | 24th of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 11.8 millionWikidata, 2025 | 2.4 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 80th of 237worldwide | 20th of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 386 per km² | 100 per km² |
| Capital | Brussels | Villahermosa |
| Latitude range | 49°N to 51°N | 17°N to 19°N |
Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2020. 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 24,100 km² is 2.8% below Wikidata's official figure of 24,700 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