Hidalgo is 3.36× the size of Ibaraki
Hidalgo (state of Mexico) covers about 21,300 km² (8,230 mi²) and Ibaraki (prefecture of Japan) about 6,340 km² (2,450 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 21,300km²Hidalgo
- 6,340km²Ibaraki
50 km
- Hidalgo
- Ibaraki
What fits
- Ibaraki fits inside Hidalgo about 3.36 times by area.
- Hidalgo is larger by 15,000 km² (5,780 mi²), which is 236% of the area of Ibaraki.
- Measured in Belgiums: Hidalgo is about 0.69, Ibaraki about 0.21.
How they differ
- Hidalgo is larger, but Ibaraki has the larger population: 2.9 million against 2.9 million, 1.00× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 452 in Ibaraki against 134 in Hidalgo: Ibaraki is 3.37× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 11,200 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Hidalgo at 20°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Ibaraki at 36°N about 1.5×, so the map shows Hidalgo as 2.49× the size of Ibaraki instead of 3.36×.
- Together Hidalgo and Ibaraki cover 27,600 km², close to the size of Solomon Islands (27,200 km², 1.6% smaller).
- The gap between them, 15,000 km², is about the size of East Timor (15,100 km²).
- At Ibaraki's density, Hidalgo would have 9.6 million people (it has 2.9 million). At Hidalgo's density, Ibaraki would have 850,000 (it has 2.9 million).
- Ibaraki's centre is 15.8° of latitude, about 1,760 km, farther north than Hidalgo's.
- Hidalgo is the 26th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 1.1% of its area; it is the 9th most densely populated of them.
- Ibaraki is the 23rd largest of the 47 prefectures of Japan and covers 1.7% of its area; it is the 13th most densely populated of them.
- Ibaraki lies about 16° of latitude (roughly 1,760 km) north of Hidalgo.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Hidalgo would have about 7,450 m² and each person in Ibaraki about 2,210 m².
- Laid side by side, Hidalgo and Ibaraki would cover 27,600 km², about the same size as the Solomon Islands.
- Together they have 5.7 million people, about as many people as Finland.
Side by side
| Hidalgo | Ibaraki | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateMexico | PrefectureJapan |
| Area, measured | 21,300 km²8,230 mi² | 6,340 km²2,450 mi² |
| Official area | 20,800 km²Wikidata | 6,100 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 26th of 32in Mexico | 23rd of 47in Japan |
| Population | 2.9 millionWikidata, 2015 | 2.9 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Rank by population | 17th of 32in Mexico | 11th of 47in Japan |
| Density | 134 per km² | 452 per km² |
| Capital | Pachuca | Mito |
| Latitude range | 20°N to 21°N | 36°N to 37°N |
Population: Wikidata 2015 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 21,300 km² is 2.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 20,800 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Our measured 6,340 km² is 3.9% above Wikidata's official figure of 6,100 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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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