Chongqing is 1.12× the size of Chiapas
Chongqing (municipality of China) covers about 82,400 km² (31,800 mi²) and Chiapas (state of Mexico) about 73,400 km² (28,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 82,400km²Chongqing
- 73,400km²Chiapas
100 km
- Chongqing
- Chiapas
What fits
- Chiapas is 89% of the size of Chongqing.
- Chongqing is larger by 8,980 km² (3,470 mi²), which is 12% of the area of Chiapas.
- Measured in Belgiums: Chongqing is about 2.69, Chiapas about 2.39.
How they differ
- Chongqing also has the larger population: 32.1 million against 5.2 million, 6.14× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 389 in Chongqing against 71 in Chiapas: Chongqing is 5.47× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 14,400 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Chongqing at 30°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Chiapas at 16°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Chongqing as 1.38× the size of Chiapas instead of 1.12×.
- Together Chongqing and Chiapas cover 156,000 km², close to the size of Tunisia (157,000 km², 0.6% bigger).
- The gap between them, 8,980 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
- At Chiapas's density, Chongqing would have 5.9 million people (it has 32.1 million). At Chongqing's density, Chiapas would have 28.6 million (it has 5.2 million).
- Chongqing's centre is 13.6° of latitude, about 1,510 km, farther north than Chiapas's.
- Chongqing is the 26th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 0.9% of its area; it is the 11th most densely populated of them.
- Chiapas is the 9th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 3.7% of its area; it is the 16th most densely populated of them.
- Chongqing lies about 14° of latitude (roughly 1,510 km) north of Chiapas.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Chongqing would have about 2,570 m² and each person in Chiapas about 14,060 m².
- Laid side by side, Chongqing and Chiapas would cover 156,000 km², about the same size as Tunisia.
- Together they have 37.3 million people, about as many people as Canada.
Side by side
| Chongqing | Chiapas | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | MunicipalityChina | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 82,400 km²31,800 mi² | 73,400 km²28,300 mi² |
| Official area | 82,400 km²Wikidata | 73,300 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 26th of 31in China | 9th of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 32.1 millionWikidata, 2020 | 5.2 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Rank by population | 19th of 31in China | 7th of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 389 per km² | 71 per km² |
| Capital | – | Tuxtla Gutiérrez |
| Latitude range | 28°N to 32°N | 15°N to 18°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2015. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 82,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 82,400 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 73,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 73,400 km², to within 2%.
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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