Idaho is 4.93× the size of Quintana Roo
Idaho (state of the United States) covers about 216,000 km² (83,500 mi²) and Quintana Roo (state of Mexico) about 43,900 km² (16,900 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 216,000km²Idaho
- 43,900km²Quintana Roo
100 km
- Idaho
- Quintana Roo
What fits
- Quintana Roo fits inside Idaho about 4.93 times by area.
- Idaho is larger by 172,000 km² (66,600 mi²), which is 393% of the area of Quintana Roo.
- Measured in Belgiums: Idaho is about 7.05, Quintana Roo about 1.43.
How they differ
- Idaho is larger, but Quintana Roo has the larger population: 1.9 million against 1.8 million, 1.01× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 42 in Quintana Roo against 8.5 in Idaho: Quintana Roo is 4.98× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 3,680 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Idaho at 44°N is drawn about 2.0× too large and Quintana Roo at 20°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Idaho as 8.55× the size of Quintana Roo instead of 4.93×.
- Together Idaho and Quintana Roo cover 260,000 km², close to the size of Gabon (260,000 km², 0.1% smaller).
- The gap between them, 172,000 km², is about the size of Uruguay (177,000 km²).
- At Quintana Roo's density, Idaho would have 9.2 million people (it has 1.8 million). At Idaho's density, Quintana Roo would have 373,000 (it has 1.9 million).
- Idaho's centre is 24.7° of latitude, about 2,740 km, farther north than Quintana Roo's.
- Idaho is the 14th largest of the 51 states and districts of the United States and covers 2.3% of its area; it is the 45th most densely populated of them.
- Quintana Roo is the 19th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 2.2% of its area; it is the 24th most densely populated of them.
- Idaho lies about 25° of latitude (roughly 2,740 km) north of Quintana Roo.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Idaho would have about 117,590 m² and each person in Quintana Roo about 23,610 m².
- Laid side by side, Idaho and Quintana Roo would cover 260,000 km², about the same size as Gabon.
- Together they have 3.7 million people, 97% as many people as Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Side by side
| Idaho | Quintana Roo | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateUnited States | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 216,000 km²83,500 mi² | 43,900 km²16,900 mi² |
| Official area | 217,000 km²Wikidata | 44,700 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 14th of 51in the United States | 19th of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 1.8 millionWikidata, 2020 | 1.9 millionWikidata, 2020 |
| Rank by population | 38th of 51in the United States | 24th of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 8.5 per km² | 42 per km² |
| Capital | Boise | Chetumal |
| Latitude range | 42°N to 49°N | 18°N to 22°N |
Population: Wikidata 2020. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 217,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 216,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 44,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 43,900 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