Fukushima is 1.20× the size of Querétaro
Fukushima (prefecture of Japan) covers about 14,000 km² (5,400 mi²) and Querétaro (state of Mexico) about 11,700 km² (4,520 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 14,000km²Fukushima
- 11,700km²Querétaro
50 km
- Fukushima
- Querétaro
What fits
- Querétaro is 84% of the size of Fukushima.
- Fukushima is larger by 2,290 km² (883 mi²), which is 20% of the area of Querétaro.
- Measured in Belgiums: Fukushima is about 0.46, Querétaro about 0.38.
How they differ
- Fukushima is larger, but Querétaro has the larger population: 2.0 million against 1.8 million, 1.12× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 174 in Querétaro against 131 in Fukushima: Querétaro is 1.33× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 11,000 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Fukushima at 37°N is drawn about 1.6× too large and Querétaro at 21°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Fukushima as 1.65× the size of Querétaro instead of 1.20×.
- Together Fukushima and Querétaro cover 25,700 km², close to the size of North Macedonia (25,400 km², 1.2% smaller).
- The gap between them, 2,290 km², is about the size of Luxembourg (2,610 km²).
- At Querétaro's density, Fukushima would have 2.4 million people (it has 1.8 million). At Fukushima's density, Querétaro would have 1.5 million (it has 2.0 million).
- Fukushima's centre is 16.5° of latitude, about 1,840 km, farther north than Querétaro's.
- Fukushima is the 3rd largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 3.7% of its area; it is the 40th most densely populated of them.
- Querétaro is the 27th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 0.6% of its area; it is the 8th most densely populated of them.
- Fukushima lies about 17° of latitude (roughly 1,840 km) north of Querétaro.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Fukushima would have about 7,660 m² and each person in Querétaro about 5,740 m².
- Laid side by side, Fukushima and Querétaro would cover 25,700 km², about the same size as North Macedonia.
- Together they have 3.9 million people, about as many people as Croatia.
Side by side
| Fukushima | Querétaro | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | PrefectureJapan | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 14,000 km²5,400 mi² | 11,700 km²4,520 mi² |
| Official area | 13,800 km²Wikidata | 11,700 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 3rd of 47in Japan | 27th of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 1.8 millionWikidata, 2021 | 2.0 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Rank by population | 21st of 47in Japan | 22nd of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 131 per km² | 174 per km² |
| Capital | Fukushima | Santiago de Querétaro |
| Latitude range | 37°N to 38°N | 20°N to 22°N |
Population: Wikidata 2021 and Wikidata 2015. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 13,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 14,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 11,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 11,700 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