Colorado is 8.85× the size of Guanajuato
Colorado (state of the United States) covers about 269,000 km² (104,000 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.
- 269,000km²Colorado
- 30,400km²Guanajuato
200 km
- Colorado
- Guanajuato
What fits
- Guanajuato fits inside Colorado about 8.85 times by area.
- Colorado is larger by 239,000 km² (92,200 mi²), which is 785% of the area of Guanajuato.
- Measured in Belgiums: Colorado is about 8.78, Guanajuato about 0.99.
How they differ
- Colorado is larger, but Guanajuato has the larger population: 5.9 million against 5.8 million, 1.01× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 192 in Guanajuato against 21 in Colorado: Guanajuato is 8.97× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 2,060 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Colorado at 39°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Guanajuato at 21°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Colorado as 12.8× the size of Guanajuato instead of 8.85×.
- Together Colorado and Guanajuato cover 300,000 km², close to the size of Italy (301,000 km², 0.5% bigger).
- The gap between them, 239,000 km², is about the size of Ghana (239,000 km²).
- At Guanajuato's density, Colorado would have 51.8 million people (it has 5.8 million). At Colorado's density, Guanajuato would have 652,000 (it has 5.9 million).
- Colorado's centre is 18.1° of latitude, about 2,010 km, farther north than Guanajuato's.
- Colorado is the 8th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 2.8% of its area; it is the 38th 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.
- Colorado lies about 18° of latitude (roughly 2,010 km) north of Guanajuato.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Colorado would have about 46,630 m² and each person in Guanajuato about 5,200 m².
- Laid side by side, Colorado and Guanajuato would cover 300,000 km², about the same size as Italy.
- Together they have 11.6 million people, about as many people as Tunisia.
Side by side
| Colorado | Guanajuato | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateUnited States | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 269,000 km²104,000 mi² | 30,400 km²11,700 mi² |
| Official area | 270,000 km²Wikidata | 30,600 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 8th of 51in the United States | 22nd of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 5.8 millionWikidata, 2020 | 5.9 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Rank by population | 21st of 51in the United States | 6th of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 21 per km² | 192 per km² |
| Capital | Denver | Guanajuato |
| Latitude range | 37°N to 41°N | 20°N to 22°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2015. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 270,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 269,000 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
- 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