Eritrea is 1.01× the size of Durango
Eritrea (Africa) covers about 123,000 km² (47,300 mi²) and Durango (state of Mexico) about 121,000 km² (46,700 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 123,000km²Eritrea
- 121,000km²Durango
200 km
- Eritrea
- Durango
What fits
- Durango is 99% of the size of Eritrea.
- Eritrea is larger by 1,510 km² (584 mi²), which is 1.2% of the area of Durango.
- Measured in Belgiums: Eritrea is about 4.00, Durango about 3.95.
How they differ
- Eritrea also has the larger population: 3.5 million against 1.8 million, 1.99× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 29 in Eritrea against 14 in Durango: Eritrea is 1.97× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 14,100 km apart.
- On a standard web map Durango looks larger than Eritrea: Eritrea at 15°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Durango at 25°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Durango as 1.12× the size of Eritrea, when Eritrea is 1.01× the size of Durango.
- Together Eritrea and Durango cover 244,000 km², close to the size of United Kingdom (244,000 km², 0.1% bigger).
- The gap between them, 1,510 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
- At Durango's density, Eritrea would have 1.8 million people (it has 3.5 million). At Eritrea's density, Durango would have 3.5 million (it has 1.8 million).
- Durango's centre is 9.6° of latitude, about 1,060 km, farther north than Eritrea's.
- Eritrea ranks 100th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- 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.
- Durango lies about 10° of latitude (roughly 1,060 km) north of Eritrea.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Eritrea would have about 35,040 m² and each person in Durango about 68,970 m².
- Laid side by side, Eritrea and Durango would cover 244,000 km², about the same size as the United Kingdom.
- Together they have 5.3 million people, about as many people as Costa Rica.
- Counted as a country, Durango would rank 101st by area and 153rd by population.
Side by side
| Eritrea | Durango | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryAfrica | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 123,000 km²47,300 mi² | 121,000 km²46,700 mi² |
| Official area | 118,000 km²Wikidata | 123,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 99th of 239worldwide | 4th of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 3.5 millionWikidata, 2019 | 1.8 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Rank by population | 133rd of 237worldwide | 25th of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 29 per km² | 14 per km² |
| Capital | Asmara | Victoria de Durango |
| Latitude range | 12°N to 18°N | 22°N to 27°N |
Population: Wikidata 2019 and Wikidata 2015. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 123,000 km² is 4.2% above Wikidata's official figure of 118,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Wikidata's official figure of 123,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 121,000 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