Durango is 1.01× the size of Louisiana
Durango (state of Mexico) covers about 121,000 km² (46,700 mi²) and Louisiana (state of the United States) about 120,000 km² (46,200 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 121,000km²Durango
- 120,000km²Louisiana
100 km
- Durango
- Louisiana
What fits
- Louisiana is 99% of the size of Durango.
- Durango is larger by 1,480 km² (570 mi²), which is 1.2% of the area of Louisiana.
- Measured in Belgiums: Durango is about 3.95, Louisiana about 3.90.
How they differ
- Durango is larger, but Louisiana has the larger population: 4.7 million against 1.8 million, 2.65× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 39 in Louisiana against 14 in Durango: Louisiana is 2.69× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 1,440 km apart.
- On a standard web map Louisiana looks larger than Durango: Durango at 25°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Louisiana at 31°N about 1.4×, so the map shows Louisiana as 1.11× the size of Durango, when Durango is 1.01× the size of Louisiana.
- Together Durango and Louisiana cover 241,000 km², close to the size of Uganda (242,000 km², 0.5% bigger).
- The gap between them, 1,480 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
- At Louisiana's density, Durango would have 4.7 million people (it has 1.8 million). At Durango's density, Louisiana would have 1.7 million (it has 4.7 million).
- Louisiana's centre is 6.1° of latitude, about 680 km, farther north than Durango's.
- Durango is the 4th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 6.2% of its area; it is the 30th most densely populated of them.
- Louisiana is the 32nd largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.3% of its area; it is the 26th most densely populated of them.
- Louisiana lies about 6° of latitude (roughly 683 km) north of Durango.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Durango would have about 68,970 m² and each person in Louisiana about 25,670 m².
- Laid side by side, Durango and Louisiana would cover 241,000 km², about the same size as Uganda.
- Together they have 6.4 million people, about as many people as Bulgaria.
Side by side
| Durango | Louisiana | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateMexico | StateUnited States |
| Area, measured | 121,000 km²46,700 mi² | 120,000 km²46,200 mi² |
| Official area | 123,000 km²Wikidata | 135,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 4th of 32in Mexico | 32nd of 51in the United States |
| Population | 1.8 millionWikidata, 2015 | 4.7 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 25th of 32in Mexico | 25th of 51in the United States |
| Density | 14 per km² | 39 per km² |
| Capital | Victoria de Durango | Baton Rouge |
| Latitude range | 22°N to 27°N | 29°N to 33°N |
Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 123,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 121,000 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 120,000 km² is 12% below Wikidata's official figure of 135,000 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