Durango is 1.11× the size of Tennessee
Durango (state of Mexico) covers about 121,000 km² (46,700 mi²) and Tennessee (state of the United States) about 109,000 km² (42,200 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 121,000km²Durango
- 109,000km²Tennessee
200 km
- Durango
- Tennessee
What fits
- Tennessee is 90% of the size of Durango.
- Durango is larger by 11,700 km² (4,530 mi²), which is 11% of the area of Tennessee.
- Measured in Belgiums: Durango is about 3.95, Tennessee about 3.56.
How they differ
- Durango is larger, but Tennessee has the larger population: 6.9 million against 1.8 million, 3.94× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 63 in Tennessee against 14 in Durango: Tennessee is 4.36× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 2,150 km apart.
- On a standard web map Tennessee looks larger than Durango: Durango at 25°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Tennessee at 36°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Tennessee as 1.13× the size of Durango, when Durango is 1.11× the size of Tennessee.
- Together Durango and Tennessee cover 230,000 km², close to the size of Laos (228,000 km², 1.0% smaller).
- The gap between them, 11,700 km², is about the size of Falkland Islands (11,600 km²).
- At Tennessee's density, Durango would have 7.7 million people (it has 1.8 million). At Durango's density, Tennessee would have 1.6 million (it has 6.9 million).
- Tennessee's centre is 10.9° of latitude, about 1,220 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.
- Tennessee is the 35th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 1.2% of its area; it is the 20th most densely populated of them.
- Tennessee lies about 11° of latitude (roughly 1,220 km) north of Durango.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Durango would have about 68,970 m² and each person in Tennessee about 15,820 m².
- Laid side by side, Durango and Tennessee would cover 230,000 km², about the same size as Laos.
- Together they have 8.7 million people, 97% as many people as Papua New Guinea.
Side by side
| Durango | Tennessee | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateMexico | StateUnited States |
| Area, measured | 121,000 km²46,700 mi² | 109,000 km²42,200 mi² |
| Official area | 123,000 km²Wikidata | 109,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 4th of 32in Mexico | 35th of 51in the United States |
| Population | 1.8 millionWikidata, 2015 | 6.9 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 25th of 32in Mexico | 16th of 51in the United States |
| Density | 14 per km² | 63 per km² |
| Capital | Victoria de Durango | Nashville |
| Latitude range | 22°N to 27°N | 35°N to 37°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%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 109,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 109,000 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