Federal District is 1.04× the size of Aguascalientes

Federal District (federal district of Brazil) covers about 5,790 km² (2,240 mi²) and Aguascalientes (state of Mexico) about 5,550 km² (2,140 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

5,790km²Federal District
5,550km²Aguascalientes

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Federal District
Aguascalientes

What fits

Aguascalientes is 96% of the size of Federal District.
Federal District is larger by 244 km² (94.3 mi²), which is 4.4% of the area of Aguascalientes.
Measured in Belgiums: Federal District is about 0.19, Aguascalientes about 0.18.

How they differ

Federal District also has the larger population: 2.8 million against 1.3 million, 2.15× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 486 in Federal District against 237 in Aguascalientes: Federal District is 2.06× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 7,280 km apart.
On a standard web map Aguascalientes looks larger than Federal District: Federal District at 16°S is drawn about 1.1× too large and Aguascalientes at 22°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Aguascalientes as 1.03× the size of Federal District, when Federal District is 1.04× the size of Aguascalientes.
Together Federal District and Aguascalientes cover 11,300 km², close to the size of Qatar (11,200 km², 1.7% smaller).
The gap between them, 244 km², is about the size of Saint Kitts and Nevis (264 km²).
At Aguascalientes's density, Federal District would have 1.4 million people (it has 2.8 million). At Federal District's density, Aguascalientes would have 2.7 million (it has 1.3 million).
Aguascalientes's centre is 37.8° of latitude, about 4,200 km, farther north than Federal District's.
Federal District is the 27th largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
Aguascalientes is the 29th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
Aguascalientes lies about 38° of latitude (roughly 4,200 km) north of Federal District, on the other side of the equator.
Shared out evenly, each person in Federal District would have about 2,060 m² and each person in Aguascalientes about 4,230 m².
Laid side by side, Federal District and Aguascalientes would cover 11,300 km², about the same size as Qatar.
Together they have 4.1 million people, 1.05× as many people as Georgia.

Side by side

	Federal District	Aguascalientes
Is a	Federal DistrictBrazil	StateMexico
Area, measured	5,790 km²2,240 mi²	5,550 km²2,140 mi²
Official area	5,760 km²Wikidata	5,620 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	27th of 27in Brazil	29th of 32in Mexico
Population	2.8 millionWikidata, 2022	1.3 millionWikidata, 2015
Rank by population	20th of 27in Brazil	27th of 32in Mexico
Density	486 per km²	237 per km²
Capital	Brasília	Aguascalientes City
Latitude range	16°S to 15°S	22°N to 22°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2015. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 5,760 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,790 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 5,620 km² agrees with our measured area of 5,550 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

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