Colima is 2.25× the size of Luxembourg
Colima (state of Mexico) covers about 5,880 km² (2,270 mi²) and Luxembourg (Europe) about 2,610 km² (1,010 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 5,880km²Colima
- 2,610km²Luxembourg
200 km
- Colima
- Luxembourg
What fits
- Luxembourg fits inside Colima about 2.25 times by area.
- Colima is larger by 3,270 km² (1,260 mi²), which is 125% of the area of Luxembourg.
- Measured in Belgiums: Colima is about 0.19, Luxembourg about 0.09.
How they differ
- Colima also has the larger population: 731,000 against 691,000, 1.06× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 265 in Luxembourg against 124 in Colima: Luxembourg is 2.13× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,760 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Colima at 19°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Luxembourg at 50°N about 2.4×, so the map shows Colima as 1.05× the size of Luxembourg instead of 2.25×.
- Together Colima and Luxembourg cover 8,490 km², close to the size of Lebanon (10,000 km², 18% bigger).
- The gap between them, 3,270 km², is about the size of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (3,320 km²).
- At Luxembourg's density, Colima would have 1.6 million people (it has 731,000). At Colima's density, Luxembourg would have 325,000 (it has 691,000).
- Luxembourg's centre is 30.6° of latitude, about 3,410 km, farther north than Colima's.
- Colima is the 28th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
- Luxembourg ranks 181st of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Luxembourg lies about 31° of latitude (roughly 3,410 km) north of Colima.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Colima would have about 8,040 m² and each person in Luxembourg about 3,780 m².
- Laid side by side, Colima and Luxembourg would cover 8,490 km², 85% of the size of Lebanon.
- Together they have 1.4 million people, about as many people as East Timor.
- Counted as a country, Colima would rank 172nd by area and 166th by population.
Side by side
| Colima | Luxembourg | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateMexico | CountryEurope |
| Area, measured | 5,880 km²2,270 mi² | 2,610 km²1,010 mi² |
| Official area | 5,630 km²Wikidata | 2,590 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 28th of 32in Mexico | 180th of 239worldwide |
| Population | 731,000Wikidata, 2020 | 691,000Wikidata, 2026 |
| Rank by population | 31st of 32in Mexico | 166th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 124 per km² | 265 per km² |
| Capital | Colima | Luxembourg |
| Latitude range | 18°N to 20°N | 49°N to 50°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2026. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 5,880 km² is 4.5% above Wikidata's official figure of 5,630 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Wikidata's official figure of 2,590 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,610 km², to within 2%.
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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