Île-de-France is 1.03× the size of Querétaro
Île-de-France (region of France) covers about 12,100 km² (4,670 mi²) and Querétaro (state of Mexico) about 11,700 km² (4,520 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 12,100km²Île-de-France
- 11,700km²Querétaro
50 km
- Île-de-France
- Querétaro
What fits
- Querétaro is 97% of the size of Île-de-France.
- Île-de-France is larger by 406 km² (157 mi²), which is 3.5% of the area of Querétaro.
- Measured in Belgiums: Île-de-France is about 0.39, Querétaro about 0.38.
How they differ
- Île-de-France also has the larger population: 12.4 million against 2.0 million, 6.07× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 1,023 in Île-de-France against 174 in Querétaro: Île-de-France is 5.87× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 9,140 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Île-de-France at 49°N is drawn about 2.3× too large and Querétaro at 21°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Île-de-France as 2.08× the size of Querétaro instead of 1.03×.
- Together Île-de-France and Querétaro cover 23,800 km², close to the size of Rwanda (25,300 km², 6.3% bigger).
- The gap between them, 406 km², is about the size of Seychelles (436 km²).
- At Querétaro's density, Île-de-France would have 2.1 million people (it has 12.4 million). At Île-de-France's density, Querétaro would have 12.0 million (it has 2.0 million).
- Île-de-France's centre is 27.9° of latitude, about 3,100 km, farther north than Querétaro's.
- Île-de-France is the 13th largest of the 18 regions of France and covers 1.9% of its area; it is the most densely populated of them.
- Querétaro is the 27th largest of the 32 states of Mexico and covers 0.6% of its area; it is the 8th most densely populated of them.
- Île-de-France lies about 28° of latitude (roughly 3,100 km) north of Querétaro.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Île-de-France would have about 980 m² and each person in Querétaro about 5,740 m².
- Laid side by side, Île-de-France and Querétaro would cover 23,800 km², 94% of the size of Rwanda.
- Together they have 14.4 million people, about as many people as Rwanda.
Side by side
| Île-de-France | Querétaro | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | RegionFrance | StateMexico |
| Area, measured | 12,100 km²4,670 mi² | 11,700 km²4,520 mi² |
| Official area | 12,000 km²Wikidata | 11,700 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 13th of 18in France | 27th of 32in Mexico |
| Population | 12.4 millionWikidata, 2022 | 2.0 millionWikidata, 2015 |
| Rank by population | 1st of 18in France | 22nd of 32in Mexico |
| Density | 1,023 per km² | 174 per km² |
| Capital | Paris | Santiago de Querétaro |
| Latitude range | 48°N to 49°N | 20°N to 22°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2015. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 12,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 12,100 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 11,700 km² agrees with our measured area of 11,700 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain. The outline of Île-de-France is the departments Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
- 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