Cape Verde is 1.01× the size of Tlaxcala

Cape Verde (Africa) covers about 3,930 km² (1,520 mi²) and Tlaxcala (state of Mexico) about 3,870 km² (1,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

3,930km²Cape Verde
3,870km²Tlaxcala

50 km

Cape Verde
Tlaxcala

What fits

Tlaxcala is 99% of the size of Cape Verde.
Cape Verde is larger by 54.2 km² (20.9 mi²), which is 1.4% of the area of Tlaxcala.
Measured in Belgiums: Cape Verde is about 0.13, Tlaxcala about 0.13.

How they differ

Cape Verde is larger, but Tlaxcala has the larger population: 1.3 million against 556,000, 2.29× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 329 in Tlaxcala against 142 in Cape Verde: Tlaxcala is 2.32× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,810 km apart.
On a standard web map Tlaxcala looks larger than Cape Verde: Cape Verde at 16°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Tlaxcala at 19°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Tlaxcala as 1.03× the size of Cape Verde, when Cape Verde is 1.01× the size of Tlaxcala.
Together Cape Verde and Tlaxcala cover 7,800 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 28% bigger).
At Tlaxcala's density, Cape Verde would have 1.3 million people (it has 556,000). At Cape Verde's density, Tlaxcala would have 548,000 (it has 1.3 million).
Tlaxcala's centre is 3.5° of latitude, about 390 km, farther north than Cape Verde's.
Cape Verde ranks 176th of 246 countries and territories by area.
Tlaxcala is the 31st largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 0.2% of its area; it is the 4th most densely populated of them.
Tlaxcala lies about 3° of latitude (roughly 387 km) north of Cape Verde.
Shared out evenly, each person in Cape Verde would have about 7,060 m² and each person in Tlaxcala about 3,040 m².
Laid side by side, Cape Verde and Tlaxcala would cover 7,800 km², 78% of the size of Lebanon.
Together they have 1.8 million people, about as many people as North Macedonia.
Counted as a country, Tlaxcala would rank 177th by area and 159th by population.

Side by side

	Cape Verde	Tlaxcala
Is a	CountryAfrica	StateMexico
Area, measured	3,930 km²1,520 mi²	3,870 km²1,500 mi²
Official area	4,030 km²Wikidata	3,990 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	175th of 239worldwide	31st of 32in Mexico
Population	556,000Wikidata, 2020	1.3 millionWikidata, 2015
Rank by population	171st of 237worldwide	28th of 32in Mexico
Density	142 per km²	329 per km²
Capital	Praia	Tlaxcala de Xicoténcatl
Latitude range	15°N to 17°N	19°N to 20°N

Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2015. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 3,930 km² is 2.6% below Wikidata's official figure of 4,030 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
Our measured 3,870 km² is 3.0% below Wikidata's official figure of 3,990 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

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