Brandenburg is 1.11× the size of Nayarit

Brandenburg (state of Germany) covers about 30,000 km² (11,600 mi²) and Nayarit (state of Mexico) about 27,200 km² (10,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

30,000km²Brandenburg
27,200km²Nayarit

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Brandenburg
Nayarit

What fits

Nayarit is 90% of the size of Brandenburg.
Brandenburg is larger by 2,870 km² (1,110 mi²), which is 11% of the area of Nayarit.
Measured in Belgiums: Brandenburg is about 0.98, Nayarit about 0.89.

How they differ

Brandenburg also has the larger population: 2.5 million against 1.2 million, 2.07× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 84 in Brandenburg against 45 in Nayarit: Brandenburg is 1.87× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,840 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Brandenburg at 52°N is drawn about 2.7× too large and Nayarit at 22°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Brandenburg as 2.57× the size of Nayarit instead of 1.11×.
Together Brandenburg and Nayarit cover 57,200 km², close to the size of Togo (56,900 km², 0.6% smaller).
The gap between them, 2,870 km², is about the size of Samoa (2,780 km²).
At Nayarit's density, Brandenburg would have 1.4 million people (it has 2.5 million). At Brandenburg's density, Nayarit would have 2.3 million (it has 1.2 million).
Brandenburg's centre is 30.6° of latitude, about 3,410 km, farther north than Nayarit's.
Brandenburg is the 5th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 8.4% of its area; it is the 15th most densely populated of them.
Nayarit is the 23rd largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 1.4% of its area; it is the 21st most densely populated of them.
Brandenburg lies about 31° of latitude (roughly 3,410 km) north of Nayarit.
Shared out evenly, each person in Brandenburg would have about 11,850 m² and each person in Nayarit about 22,200 m².
Laid side by side, Brandenburg and Nayarit would cover 57,200 km², about the same size as Togo.
Together they have 3.8 million people, about as many people as Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Side by side

	Brandenburg	Nayarit
Is a	StateGermany	StateMexico
Area, measured	30,000 km²11,600 mi²	27,200 km²10,500 mi²
Official area	29,500 km²Wikidata	27,900 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	5th of 16in Germany	23rd of 32in Mexico
Population	2.5 millionWikidata, 2022	1.2 millionWikidata, 2015
Rank by population	10th of 16in Germany	29th of 32in Mexico
Density	84 per km²	45 per km²
Capital	Potsdam	Tepic
Latitude range	51°N to 54°N	21°N to 23°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2015. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 29,500 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,000 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 27,200 km² is 2.5% below Wikidata's official figure of 27,900 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
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

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