Guanajuato is 1.01× the size of Brandenburg

Guanajuato (state of Mexico) covers about 30,400 km² (11,700 mi²) and Brandenburg (state of Germany) about 30,000 km² (11,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

30,400km²Guanajuato
30,000km²Brandenburg

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Guanajuato
Brandenburg

What fits

Brandenburg is 99% of the size of Guanajuato.
Guanajuato is larger by 382 km² (147 mi²), which is 1.3% of the area of Brandenburg.
Measured in Belgiums: Guanajuato is about 0.99, Brandenburg about 0.98.

How they differ

Guanajuato also has the larger population: 5.9 million against 2.5 million, 2.31× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 192 in Guanajuato against 84 in Brandenburg: Guanajuato is 2.28× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,710 km apart.
On a standard web map Brandenburg looks larger than Guanajuato: Guanajuato at 21°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Brandenburg at 52°N about 2.7×, so the map shows Brandenburg as 2.32× the size of Guanajuato, when Guanajuato is 1.01× the size of Brandenburg.
Together Guanajuato and Brandenburg cover 60,500 km², close to the size of Togo (56,900 km², 5.9% smaller).
The gap between them, 382 km², is about the size of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (368 km²).
At Brandenburg's density, Guanajuato would have 2.6 million people (it has 5.9 million). At Guanajuato's density, Brandenburg would have 5.8 million (it has 2.5 million).
Brandenburg's centre is 31.6° of latitude, about 3,510 km, farther north than Guanajuato's.
Guanajuato is the 22nd largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 1.6% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
Brandenburg is the 5th largest of the 16 states of Germany and covers 8.4% of its area; it is the 15th most densely populated of them.
Brandenburg lies about 32° of latitude (roughly 3,510 km) north of Guanajuato.
Shared out evenly, each person in Guanajuato would have about 5,200 m² and each person in Brandenburg about 11,850 m².
Laid side by side, Guanajuato and Brandenburg would cover 60,500 km², 1.06× the size of Togo.
Together they have 8.4 million people, about as many people as Honduras.

Side by side

	Guanajuato	Brandenburg
Is a	StateMexico	StateGermany
Area, measured	30,400 km²11,700 mi²	30,000 km²11,600 mi²
Official area	30,600 km²Wikidata	29,500 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	22nd of 32in Mexico	5th of 16in Germany
Population	5.9 millionWikidata, 2015	2.5 millionWikidata, 2022
Rank by population	6th of 32in Mexico	10th of 16in Germany
Density	192 per km²	84 per km²
Capital	Guanajuato	Potsdam
Latitude range	20°N to 22°N	51°N to 54°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 30,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,400 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 29,500 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,000 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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