Catalonia is 1.05× the size of Guanajuato
Catalonia (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 32,000 km² (12,300 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.
- 32,000km²Catalonia
- 30,400km²Guanajuato
50 km
- Catalonia
- Guanajuato
What fits
- Guanajuato is 95% of the size of Catalonia.
- Catalonia is larger by 1,550 km² (599 mi²), which is 5.1% of the area of Guanajuato.
- Measured in Belgiums: Catalonia is about 1.04, Guanajuato about 0.99.
How they differ
- Catalonia also has the larger population: 8.0 million against 5.9 million, 1.37× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 251 in Catalonia against 192 in Guanajuato: Catalonia is 1.31× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,460 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Catalonia at 42°N is drawn about 1.8× too large and Guanajuato at 21°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Catalonia as 1.65× the size of Guanajuato instead of 1.05×.
- Together Catalonia and Guanajuato cover 62,400 km², close to the size of Latvia (64,600 km², 3.5% bigger).
- The gap between them, 1,550 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
- At Guanajuato's density, Catalonia would have 6.2 million people (it has 8.0 million). At Catalonia's density, Guanajuato would have 7.6 million (it has 5.9 million).
- Catalonia's centre is 20.9° of latitude, about 2,320 km, farther north than Guanajuato's.
- Catalonia is the 6th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 6.3% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
- 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.
- Catalonia lies about 21° of latitude (roughly 2,320 km) north of Guanajuato.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Catalonia would have about 3,980 m² and each person in Guanajuato about 5,200 m².
- Laid side by side, Catalonia and Guanajuato would cover 62,400 km², 97% of the size of Latvia.
- Together they have 13.9 million people, about as many people as Burundi.
Side by side
| Catalonia | Guanajuato | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | Autonomous communitySpain | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 32,000 km²12,300 mi² | 30,400 km²11,700 mi² |
| Official area | 31,900 km²Wikidata | 30,600 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 6th of 19in Spain | 22nd of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 8.0 millionWikidata, 2024 | 5.9 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Rank by population | 2nd of 19in Spain | 6th of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 251 per km² | 192 per km² |
| Capital | Barcelona | Guanajuato |
| Latitude range | 41°N to 43°N | 20°N to 22°N |
Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2015. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 31,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 32,000 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. The outline of Catalonia is the provinces Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
- 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