Hebei is 1.05× the size of Sonora

Hebei (province of China) covers about 189,000 km² (73,000 mi²) and Sonora (state of Mexico) about 179,000 km² (69,200 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

189,000km²Hebei
179,000km²Sonora

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Hebei
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What fits

Sonora is 95% of the size of Hebei.
Hebei is larger by 9,790 km² (3,780 mi²), which is 5.5% of the area of Sonora.
Measured in Belgiums: Hebei is about 6.16, Sonora about 5.84.

How they differ

Hebei also has the larger population: 74.6 million against 2.9 million, 26.2× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 395 in Hebei against 16 in Sonora: Hebei is 24.8× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,900 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Hebei at 40°N is drawn about 1.7× too large and Sonora at 30°N about 1.3×, so the map shows Hebei as 1.34× the size of Sonora instead of 1.05×.
Together Hebei and Sonora cover 368,000 km², close to the size of Japan (374,000 km², 1.5% bigger).
The gap between them, 9,790 km², is about the size of Lebanon (10,000 km²).
At Sonora's density, Hebei would have 3.0 million people (it has 74.6 million). At Hebei's density, Sonora would have 70.7 million (it has 2.9 million).
Hebei's centre is 9.8° of latitude, about 1,090 km, farther north than Sonora's.
Hebei is the 13th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 2.0% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
Sonora is the 2nd largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 9.2% of its area; it is the 29th most densely populated of them.
Hebei lies about 10° of latitude (roughly 1,090 km) north of Sonora.
Shared out evenly, each person in Hebei would have about 2,530 m² and each person in Sonora about 62,860 m².
Laid side by side, Hebei and Sonora would cover 368,000 km², about the same size as Japan.
Together they have 77.5 million people, 93% as many people as Germany.

Side by side

	Hebei	Sonora
Is a	ProvinceChina	StateMexico
Area, measured	189,000 km²73,000 mi²	179,000 km²69,200 mi²
Official area	187,000 km²Wikidata	180,000 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	13th of 31in China	2nd of 32in Mexico
Population	74.6 millionWikidata, 2020	2.9 millionWikidata, 2015
Rank by population	6th of 31in China	18th of 32in Mexico
Density	395 per km²	16 per km²
Capital	Shijiazhuang	Hermosillo
Latitude range	36°N to 43°N	26°N to 32°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 187,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 189,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 180,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 179,000 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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