Guanajuato is 1.01× the size of Lesotho
Guanajuato (state of Mexico) covers about 30,400 km² (11,700 mi²) and Lesotho (Africa) about 30,100 km² (11,600 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 30,400km²Guanajuato
- 30,100km²Lesotho
50 km
- Guanajuato
- Lesotho
What fits
- Lesotho is 99% of the size of Guanajuato.
- Guanajuato is larger by 313 km² (121 mi²), which is 1.0% of the area of Lesotho.
- Measured in Belgiums: Guanajuato is about 0.99, Lesotho about 0.98.
How they differ
- Guanajuato also has the larger population: 5.9 million against 2.0 million, 2.92× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 192 in Guanajuato against 67 in Lesotho: Guanajuato is 2.89× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 14,900 km apart.
- On a standard web map Lesotho looks larger than Guanajuato: Guanajuato at 21°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Lesotho at 30°S about 1.3×, so the map shows Lesotho as 1.14× the size of Guanajuato, when Guanajuato is 1.01× the size of Lesotho.
- Together Guanajuato and Lesotho cover 60,500 km², close to the size of Togo (56,900 km², 6.1% smaller).
- The gap between them, 313 km², is about the size of Malta (326 km²).
- At Lesotho's density, Guanajuato would have 2.0 million people (it has 5.9 million). At Guanajuato's density, Lesotho would have 5.8 million (it has 2.0 million).
- Guanajuato's centre is 50.5° of latitude, about 5,610 km, farther north than Lesotho'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.
- Lesotho ranks 142nd of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Guanajuato lies about 50° of latitude (roughly 5,610 km) north of Lesotho, on the other side of the equator.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Guanajuato would have about 5,200 m² and each person in Lesotho about 15,000 m².
- Laid side by side, Guanajuato and Lesotho would cover 60,500 km², 1.06× the size of Togo.
- Together they have 7.9 million people, about as many people as Togo.
- Counted as a country, Guanajuato would rank 141st by area and 115th by population.
Side by side
| Guanajuato | Lesotho | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateMexico | CountryAfrica |
| Area, measured | 30,400 km²11,700 mi² | 30,100 km²11,600 mi² |
| Official area | 30,600 km²Wikidata | 30,400 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 22nd of 32in Mexico | 141st of 239worldwide |
| Population | 5.9 millionWikidata, 2015 | 2.0 millionWikidata, 2016 |
| Rank by population | 6th of 32in Mexico | 148th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 192 per km² | 67 per km² |
| Capital | Guanajuato | Maseru |
| Latitude range | 20°N to 22°N | 31°S to 29°S |
Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2016. 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 30,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,100 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, 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