Extremadura is 1.10× the size of Yucatán

Extremadura (autonomous community of Spain) covers about 42,100 km² (16,300 mi²) and Yucatán (state of Mexico) about 38,400 km² (14,800 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

42,100km²Extremadura
38,400km²Yucatán

50 km

Extremadura
Yucatán

What fits

Yucatán is 91% of the size of Extremadura.
Extremadura is larger by 3,720 km² (1,440 mi²), which is 9.7% of the area of Yucatán.
Measured in Belgiums: Extremadura is about 1.37, Yucatán about 1.25.

How they differ

Extremadura is larger, but Yucatán has the larger population: 2.3 million against 1.1 million, 2.20× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 60 in Yucatán against 25 in Extremadura: Yucatán is 2.42× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,960 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Extremadura at 39°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Yucatán at 21°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Extremadura as 1.60× the size of Yucatán instead of 1.10×.
Together Extremadura and Yucatán cover 80,500 km², close to the size of Czechia (78,800 km², 2.2% smaller).
The gap between them, 3,720 km², is about the size of Cape Verde (3,930 km²).
At Yucatán's density, Extremadura would have 2.5 million people (it has 1.1 million). At Extremadura's density, Yucatán would have 960,000 (it has 2.3 million).
Extremadura's centre is 18.4° of latitude, about 2,050 km, farther north than Yucatán's.
Extremadura is the 5th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 8.3% of its area; it is the 19th most densely populated of them.
Yucatán is the 20th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 2.0% of its area; it is the 17th most densely populated of them.
Extremadura lies about 18° of latitude (roughly 2,050 km) north of Yucatán.
Shared out evenly, each person in Extremadura would have about 39,990 m² and each person in Yucatán about 16,540 m².
Laid side by side, Extremadura and Yucatán would cover 80,500 km², about the same size as Czechia.
Together they have 3.4 million people, about as many people as Mongolia.

Side by side

	Extremadura	Yucatán
Is a	Autonomous communitySpain	StateMexico
Area, measured	42,100 km²16,300 mi²	38,400 km²14,800 mi²
Official area	41,600 km²Wikidata	39,600 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	5th of 19in Spain	20th of 32in Mexico
Population	1.1 millionWikidata, 2024	2.3 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	13th of 19in Spain	21st of 32in Mexico
Density	25 per km²	60 per km²
Capital	Mérida	Mérida
Latitude range	38°N to 40°N	20°N to 22°N

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 41,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 42,100 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 38,400 km² is 3.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 39,600 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Extremadura is the provinces Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
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

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