Guadeloupe is 1.21× the size of Mexico City
Guadeloupe (overseas region of France) covers about 1,660 km² (640 mi²) and Mexico City (federal entity of Mexico) about 1,380 km² (531 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 1,660km²Guadeloupe
- 1,380km²Mexico City
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- Guadeloupe
- Mexico City
What fits
- Mexico City is 83% of the size of Guadeloupe.
- Guadeloupe is larger by 282 km² (109 mi²), which is 21% of the area of Mexico City.
- Measured in Belgiums: Guadeloupe is about 0.05, Mexico City about 0.04.
How they differ
- Guadeloupe is larger, but Mexico City has the larger population: 8.9 million against 384,000, 23.3× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 6,486 in Mexico City against 231 in Guadeloupe: Mexico City is 28.0× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 3,990 km apart.
- Together Guadeloupe and Mexico City cover 3,030 km², close to the size of Samoa (2,780 km², 8.3% smaller).
- The gap between them, 282 km², is about the size of Saint Kitts and Nevis (264 km²).
- At Mexico City's density, Guadeloupe would have 10.7 million people (it has 384,000). At Guadeloupe's density, Mexico City would have 318,000 (it has 8.9 million).
- Mexico City's centre is 3.1° of latitude, about 340 km, farther north than Guadeloupe's.
- Guadeloupe is the 16th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 5th most densely populated of them.
- Mexico City is the 32nd largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers less than 0.1% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
- Mexico City lies about 3° of latitude (roughly 341 km) north of Guadeloupe.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Guadeloupe would have about 4,320 m² and each person in Mexico City about 150 m².
- Laid side by side, Guadeloupe and Mexico City would cover 3,030 km², 1.09× the size of Samoa.
- Together they have 9.3 million people, about as many people as Tajikistan.
- Guadeloupe is drawn from 94 points and Mexico City is drawn from 42 points: at sizes under 2,500 km² the outlines are a sketch, so the overlap shows the proportions rather than the exact shape.
Side by side
| Guadeloupe | Mexico City | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | Overseas regionFrance | Federal entityMexico |
| Area, measured | 1,660 km²640 mi² | 1,380 km²531 mi² |
| Official area | 1,630 km²Wikidata | 1,490 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 16th of 18in France | 32nd of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 384,000Wikidata, 2022 | 8.9 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Rank by population | 14th of 18in France | 2nd of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 231 per km² | 6,486 per km² |
| Capital | Basse-Terre | – |
| Latitude range | 16°N to 17°N | 19°N to 20°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2015. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 1,630 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,660 km², to within 2%.
- Our measured 1,380 km² is 7.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 1,490 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
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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