Ceará is 109× the size of Mexico City
Ceará (state of Brazil) covers about 150,000 km² (58,000 mi²) and Mexico City (federal entity of Mexico) about 1,380 km² (531 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 150,000km²Ceará
- 1,380km²Mexico City
100 km
- Ceará
- Mexico City
What fits
- Mexico City fits inside Ceará about 109 times by area.
- Ceará is larger by 149,000 km² (57,500 mi²), which is 10,825% of the area of Mexico City.
- Measured in Belgiums: Ceará is about 4.90, Mexico City about 0.04.
How they differ
- Ceará is larger, but Mexico City has the larger population: 8.9 million against 8.8 million, 1.01× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 6,486 in Mexico City against 59 in Ceará: Mexico City is 111× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 7,050 km apart.
- Together Ceará and Mexico City cover 152,000 km², close to the size of Nepal (147,000 km², 3.0% smaller).
- The gap between them, 149,000 km², is about the size of Nepal (147,000 km²).
- At Mexico City's density, Ceará would have 974.3 million people (it has 8.8 million). At Ceará's density, Mexico City would have 81,000 (it has 8.9 million).
- Mexico City's centre is 24.4° of latitude, about 2,710 km, farther north than Ceará's.
- Ceará is the 17th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 1.8% of its area; it is the 11th most densely populated of them.
- Mexico City is the 32nd largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
- Mexico City lies about 24° of latitude (roughly 2,710 km) north of Ceará, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Ceará would have about 17,080 m² and each person in Mexico City about 150 m².
- Laid side by side, Ceará and Mexico City would cover 152,000 km², 1.03× the size of Nepal.
- Together they have 17.7 million people, about as many people as Malawi.
- Mexico City is drawn from 42 points: at a size under 2,500 km² the outline is a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.
Side by side
| Ceará | Mexico City | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateBrazil | Federal entityMexico |
| Area, measured | 150,000 km²58,000 mi² | 1,380 km²531 mi² |
| Official area | 146,000 km²Wikidata | 1,490 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 17th of 27in Brazil | 32nd of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 8.8 millionWikidata, 2022 | 8.9 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Rank by population | 8th of 27in Brazil | 2nd of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 59 per km² | 6,486 per km² |
| Capital | Fortaleza | – |
| Latitude range | 8°S to 3°S | 19°N to 20°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2015. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 150,000 km² is 2.7% above Wikidata's official figure of 146,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Our measured 1,380 km² is 7.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 1,490 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
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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