Guanajuato is 1.19× the size of Maryland

Guanajuato (state of Mexico) covers about 30,400 km² (11,700 mi²) and Maryland (state of the United States) about 25,500 km² (9,830 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

30,400km²Guanajuato
25,500km²Maryland

100 km

Guanajuato
Maryland

What fits

Maryland is 84% of the size of Guanajuato.
Guanajuato is larger by 4,960 km² (1,910 mi²), which is 19% of the area of Maryland.
Measured in Belgiums: Guanajuato is about 0.99, Maryland about 0.83.

How they differ

Guanajuato is larger, but Maryland has the larger population: 6.2 million against 5.9 million, 1.06× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 243 in Maryland against 192 in Guanajuato: Maryland is 1.26× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 3,070 km apart.
On a standard web map Maryland looks larger than Guanajuato: Guanajuato at 21°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Maryland at 39°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Maryland as 1.21× the size of Guanajuato, when Guanajuato is 1.19× the size of Maryland.
Together Guanajuato and Maryland cover 55,900 km², close to the size of Croatia (55,000 km², 1.5% smaller).
The gap between them, 4,960 km², is about the size of Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km²).
At Maryland's density, Guanajuato would have 7.4 million people (it has 5.9 million). At Guanajuato's density, Maryland would have 4.9 million (it has 6.2 million).
Maryland's centre is 18.2° of latitude, about 2,020 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.
Maryland is the 42nd largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 0.3% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
Maryland lies about 18° of latitude (roughly 2,020 km) north of Guanajuato.
Shared out evenly, each person in Guanajuato would have about 5,200 m² and each person in Maryland about 4,120 m².
Laid side by side, Guanajuato and Maryland would cover 55,900 km², about the same size as Croatia.
Together they have 12.0 million people, about as many people as Belgium.

Side by side

	Guanajuato	Maryland
Is a	StateMexico	StateUnited States
Area, measured	30,400 km²11,700 mi²	25,500 km²9,830 mi²
Official area	30,600 km²Wikidata	32,100 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	22nd of 32in Mexico	42nd of 51in the United States
Population	5.9 millionWikidata, 2015	6.2 millionWikidata, 2020
Rank by population	6th of 32in Mexico	18th of 51in the United States
Density	192 per km²	243 per km²
Capital	Guanajuato	Annapolis
Latitude range	20°N to 22°N	38°N to 40°N

Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 30,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 30,400 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 25,500 km² is 21% below Wikidata's official figure of 32,100 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

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