Hubei is 1.04× the size of Sonora

Hubei (province of China) covers about 186,000 km² (71,700 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.

186,000km²Hubei
179,000km²Sonora

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Hubei
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What fits

Sonora is 97% of the size of Hubei.
Hubei is larger by 6,420 km² (2,480 mi²), which is 3.6% of the area of Sonora.
Measured in Belgiums: Hubei is about 6.05, Sonora about 5.84.

How they differ

Hubei also has the larger population: 57.8 million against 2.9 million, 20.3× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 311 in Hubei against 16 in Sonora: Hubei is 19.6× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 11,900 km apart.
Together Hubei and Sonora cover 365,000 km², close to the size of Germany (358,000 km², 1.9% smaller).
The gap between them, 6,420 km², is about the size of Palestine (6,070 km²).
At Sonora's density, Hubei would have 3.0 million people (it has 57.8 million). At Hubei's density, Sonora would have 55.8 million (it has 2.9 million).
Hubei's centre is 1.3° of latitude, about 140 km, farther north than Sonora's.
Hubei is the 14th largest of the 31 provinces and regions of China and covers 2.0% of its area; it is the 14th 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.
Both lie at about the same latitude, 31°N and 30°N.
Shared out evenly, each person in Hubei would have about 3,210 m² and each person in Sonora about 62,860 m².
Laid side by side, Hubei and Sonora would cover 365,000 km², about the same size as Germany.
Together they have 60.6 million people, about as many people as South Africa.

Side by side

	Hubei	Sonora
Is a	ProvinceChina	StateMexico
Area, measured	186,000 km²71,700 mi²	179,000 km²69,200 mi²
Official area	186,000 km²Wikidata	180,000 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	14th of 31in China	2nd of 32in Mexico
Population	57.8 millionWikidata, 2020	2.9 millionWikidata, 2015
Rank by population	10th of 31in China	18th of 32in Mexico
Density	311 per km²	16 per km²
Capital	Wuhan	Hermosillo
Latitude range	29°N to 33°N	26°N to 32°N

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

Wikidata's official figure of 186,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 186,000 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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